John

John 2:16–17

¹⁶To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

¹⁷His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”^c

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
To those	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
selling	πωλοῦσιν	pōlousin	Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural	G4453 I sell
doves	περιστερὰς	peristeras	Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural	G4058 a dove
He said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
Get	Ἄρατε	Arate	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G142 I raise, lift up
these	ταῦτα	tauta	Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3778 this, he, she, it
out of here	ἐντεῦθεν	enteuthen	Adverb	G1782 hence, from this place, on this side and on that
How dare you	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
turn	ποιεῖτε	poieite	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4160 I do, make
My	μου	mou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
Father’s	Πατρός	Patros	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
house	οἶκον	oikon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3624 a house, household
a marketplace	οἶκον	oikon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3624 a house, household

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
His	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
disciples	μαθηταὶ	mathētai	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3101 a learner, disciple, pupil
remembered	Ἐμνήσθησαν	Emnēsthēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G3403 I remember, recall
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
it is	ἐστίν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
written	γεγραμμένον	gegrammenon	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular	G1125 I write
Zeal	ζῆλος	zēlos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2205 eagerness, zeal, rivalry
for	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
Your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
house	οἴκου	oikou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3624 a house, household
will consume	καταφάγεταί	kataphagetai	Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G2719 I eat till it is finished
Me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

John 2:16 Jeremiah 7:11 · Matthew 21:13 · Mark 11:17 · Isaiah 56:5–11 · Luke 2:49 · 2 Peter 2:14–15 · Hosea 12:7–8 · 2 Peter 2:3 · John 5:17

John 2:17 Psalm 69:9 · Psalm 119:139

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.