Money. See on ver. 14.
Tables. Wyc., turned upside down the boards. See on Luke Rixgoo:
16. My Father’s house. See on Father's business, Luke ii. 49, and compare Matt. xxiii. 38, where Jesus speaks of the temple as your house. The people had made God’s house their own.
Merchandise (€u7ropiov). Only here in the New Testament. The Synoptists say a den of robbers.
17. It was written (yeypaypévov éotiv). Lit., dt stands writ- ten. This form of the phrase, the participle with the substan- tive verb, is peculiar to John in place of the more common yéyparrrat. For a similar construction see iii. 21.
The zeal of thine house. Jealousy for the honor of God’s house. Zeal, Gros, from féw, to boil. See on Jas. iii. 14.
Hath eaten me up (xarégayé we). So the Sept., Ps. xviii. (A. V.,lxix. 9). But the best texts read xataddyerat, shall eat up. So Rev., Wyc., “The fervor of love of thine house hath eaten me.”
18. Answered. Often used in reply to an objection or criticism, or to something present in another’s mind, as xix. 7, or iii. 3, where Jesus answers with reference to the error in Nicodemus’ mind, rather than in direct reply to his address.
Destroy this temple (Avcate tov vadv rovrov). Destroy, lit., Joosen. Wyc., undo. See on Mark xiii. 2; Luke ix. 12; Acts v. 38. Notice that the word for temple is vaiv, sanctuary (see on ver. 14). This temple points to the Jteral temple, which is truly a temple only as it is the abode of God, hence sanctu- ary, but with a typical reference to Jesus’ own person as the