John 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
KJV
ἐμνήσθησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι γεγραμμένον ἐστίν· ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου καταφάγεταί με.
Greek NT
Recordati sunt vero discipuli ejus quia scriptum est : Zelus domus tuæ comedit me.
Vulgate
His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
ASV
And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζῆλος
zelos
noun · 16×
κατεσθίω
katesthio
verb · 14×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
μιμνήσκω
mimnesko
verb · 23×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 69:9 · exact_quote"For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."Psalm 69: zeal for your house will consume me
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐμνήσθησαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐμνήσθησαν | RP: + δὲ
- ἐμνήσθησαν — SBLGNT
- ἐμνήσθησαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§584Jesus went up to the Temple as the privileged place of encounter with God. For him, the Temple was the dwelling of his Father, a house of prayer, and he was angered that its outer court had become a place of commerce.353 He drove merchants out of it because of jealous love for his Father: "You shall not make my Father's house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it w…
1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. After this John 2:12-25 He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and there they abode not many days. And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers…
Was there sin in Christ? Was there the "fomes" of sin in Him? Was there ignorance? Was His soul passible? Was there sensible pain in Him? Was there sorrow? Was there fear? Was there wonder? Was there anger? Was He at once wayfarer and comprehensor? Article 1. Whether there was sin in Christ? Objection 1. It would seem that there was sin in Christ. For it is written (Psalm 21:2)…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
- Isa 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
- Num 25:13 — And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
- Ps 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- Ps 119:139 — My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
- Ps 119:139 — My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
- Ps 122:9 — Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
- Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.