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King James Bible - John 2:18

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:18

Y los judíos respondieron, y le dijeron: ¿Qu� se�al nos muestras de que haces esto?

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 2:18

Verse 18. What sign showest thou] See on Matt. xii. 38; xvi. 1. When Moses came to deliver Israel, he gave signs, or miracles, that he acted under a Divine commission. What miracle dost thou work to show us that thou art vested with similar authority?

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 18. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him , etc.] They did not lay hands on him, or offer any violence to him; they did not, as the inhabitants of Nazareth did, thrust him out, and lead him to a precipice, to cast him down headlong; nor did they take up stones to stone him, as they afterwards did, when he asserted his deity: and it is surprising, that they did not rise up and destroy him at once, a single man, unarmed, and without assistance, having so highly provoked them; the restraint upon them must be his almighty power: nor do they deny what he suggested, that they had made his Father�s house an house of merchandise; nor do they offer to vindicate their profanation of the temple, or object to the purging of it; only demand a proof of his right to do it: and which demand was made, not by the common people, or by the sellers of oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers, who were drove out, and had not spirit to rally again; but by the chief priests and elders, the sanhedrim of the nation, who had the care and government of the temple, and under whose authority the above persons acted; and whose gain and worldly interest were promoted hereby, as a like demand was afterwards made by the same persons; (see Matthew 21:23); what sign shewest thou unto us, seeing thou dost these things ? they argued, that either he did these things of himself, by his own authority, and then they must be deemed rash and unjustifiable; or he did it by the authority of others: they knew it was not by theirs, who were the great council of the nation, from whom he should have had his instructions and orders, if he acted by human authority; and if he pretended to a divine authority, as they supposed he did, then they insisted upon a sign or miracle to be wrought, to prove that God was his Father, as he suggested; and that he was the proprietor and owner of the temple, and had a right to purge it, as he had done; (see 1 Corinthians 1:22).

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 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 encourage to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldl business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divin offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gav a sign to those who demanded it, to prove his authority for so doing He foretells his death by the Jews' malice, Destroy ye this temple; will permit you to destroy it. He foretells his resurrection by his ow power; In three days I will raise it up. Christ took again his ow life. Men mistake by understanding that according to the letter, whic the Scripture speaks by way of figure. When Jesus was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered he has said this. It helps much i understanding the Divine word, to observe the fulfilling of the Scriptures.

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Greek Textus Receptus

απεκριθησαν 611 5662 V-ADI-3P ουν 3767 CONJ οι 3588 T-NPM ιουδαιοι 2453 A-NPM και 2532 CONJ ειπον 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3P αυτω 846 P-DSM τι 5101 I-ASN σημειον 4592 N-ASN δεικνυεις 1166 5719 V-PAI-2S ημιν 2254 P-1DP οτι 3754 CONJ ταυτα 5023 D-APN ποιεις 4160 5719 V-PAI-2S

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

18. Answered. Often used in reply to an objection or criticism, or to something present in another's mind, as xix. 7, or iii. 3, where Jesus answers with reference to the error in Nicodemus' mind, rather than in direct reply to his address.

Destroy this temple (lusate ton naon touton). Destroy, Literally, loosen. Wyc., undo. See on Mark xiii. 2; Luke ix. 12; Acts v. 38. Notice that the word for temple is naon, sanctuary (see on ver. 14). This temple points to the literal temple, which is truly a temple only as it is the abode of God, hence sanctuary, but with a typical reference to Jesus' own person as the holy dwelling-place of God who "was in Christ." Compare 1 Corinthians iii. 16, 17. Christ's death was therefore the pulling down of the temple, and His resurrection its rebuilding. The imperative in destroy is of the nature of a challenge. Compare fill ye up, Matt. xxiii. 32.