Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

John 2:18

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

KJV

ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· τί σημεῖον δεικνύεις ἡμῖν, ὅτι ταῦτα ποιεῖς;

Greek NT

Responderunt ergo Judæi, et dixerunt ei : Quod signum ostendis nobis, quia hæc facis ?

Vulgate

The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

ASV

The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δεικνύω
deiknuo
verb · 32×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§575Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction",321 but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the Gospel according to John often calls simply "the Jews",322 than for the ordinary People of God.323 To be sure, Christ's relations with the Pharisees were not exclusively polemical. Some Pharisees warn him of the danger he was courting;324 Jes…
§586Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay the Temple-tax, associating with him Peter, whom he had just made the foundation of his future Church.359 He even identified himself with the Temple by presenting himself as God's definitive dwelling-place among men.360 Therefore his being put to bodily death36…
2. Not any therefore of these things does He here intimate, but it is what I said, He displays His power to punish, and this is shown by saying, The time was not yet, making it clear that of this special purpose He went, and not for hunger, but for His disciples' sake, who indeed marvelled exceedingly, although many miracles had been done greater; but, as I said, this was stran…
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…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:22 — For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
  • 1Kgs 13:3 — And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
  • Acts 4:7 — And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
  • Exod 7:9 — When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
  • John 4:48 — Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
  • John 6:30 — They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
  • Luke 20:2 — And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
  • Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
  • Mark 11:27 — And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
  • Mark 15:29 — And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  • Matt 12:38 — Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
  • Matt 21:23 — And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this autho
  • Rom 1:4 — And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: