John 2:18
16 To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
20 “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
- KJV
- Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
- WEB
- The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”
- ASV
- The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
- DARBY
- The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?
- BLB
- Therefore the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us that You do these things?”
- ÅB
- Da tok jødene til orde og sa til ham: Hva for tegn viser du oss, siden du gjør dette?
- OTB
- Jødene spurte ham da: "Hvilket tegn kan du vise oss for å bevise din myndighet til å gjøre disse tingene?"
- B1930
- Da tok jødene til orde og sa til ham: Hvad for tegn viser du oss, siden du gjør dette?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 11:29
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
Read in contextMatthew 21:23
When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
Read in contextJohn 6:30
So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
Read in contextMark 8:11
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
Read in contextMark 11:27–28
After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
Read in contextLuke 20:1–2
One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
Read in contextActs 4:7
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
Read in contextMatthew 16:1–4
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
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