John 2:16

John 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
• New International Version (NIV)To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

Context of John 2:16

14He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. 15So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will devour me.” 18So then the Jewish leaders responded, “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

John 2:16 word by word

καὶ τοῖς τὰς περιστερὰς πωλοῦσιν εἶπεν· ἄρατε ταῦτα ἐντεῦθεν, μὴ ποιεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου οἶκον ἐμπορίου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto them that soldπωλέωpōleō · to sellG4453
• dovesπεριστεράperistera · doveG4058
• Takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• henceἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθενenteuthen · from hereG1782
• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• notμήmē · notG3361
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Father’sπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• of merchandiseἐμπόριονemporion · marketplace/tradeG1712

Cross-references for John 2:16

• Isaiah 56:5I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.
• Jeremiah 7:11Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.
• Hosea 12:7The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
• Matthew 21:13And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”
• Mark 11:17Then he began to teach them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!”
• Acts 19:24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
• 1 Timothy 6:5and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
• 2 Peter 2:3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
• John 5:17So he told them, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”
• John 8:49Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father – and yet you dishonor me.
• John 10:29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.
• John 20:17Jesus replied, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
• Luke 2:49But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Commentaries on John 2:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house a house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldly business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divine offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gave a sign to those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17Many people came to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. They needed animals that met the requirements for sacrifice. The animals had to be approved for worship. Because of this need, a large business developed. People sold animals and exchanged money for the right kind of coins. However, this buying and selling was taking place in the temple itself. Jesus acted like a prophet. He demanded that God’s house return to its true purpose. The temple was meant…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2514-17. in the temple--not the temple itself, as Joh 2:19-21, but the temple-court. sold oxen, &c.--for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice. changers of money--of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on Mt 17:24) had to be paid.Read the comment

Topics related to John 2:16

• Church
• Covetousness
• God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sacrilege
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Fill
• Hour
• Propitiation
• Scourge
• Syriac
• Temple
• Testify
• Debt; Debtor
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Father's House, Fathers' House

Commentaries on John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings