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The Book of John - Chapter 2:13-22 - (ESV)

Updated: Sep 23, 2023

Jesus Cleanses the Temple - {Interlinear <Greek>}

2:13 - • {Καὶ<kai>} The {τὸ<ho>} Passover {πάσχα<pascha>} of → the {τῶν<ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαίων,<Ioudaios>} was {ἦν<eimi>} at hand, {ἐγγὺς<engys>} and {καὶ<kai>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς.<ho Iēsous>} went up {ἀνέβη<anabainō>} to {εἰς<eis>} Jerusalem. {Ἱεροσόλυμα <Hierosolyma>}

2:14 - • {καὶ<kai>} In {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} temple {ἱερῷ <hieron>} he → found {εὗρεν<heuriskō>} those who {τοὺς<ho>} were → selling {πωλοῦντας<pōleō>} oxen {βόας <bous>} and {καὶ<kai>} sheep {πρόβατα<probaton>} and {καὶ<kai>} pigeons, {περιστερὰς <peristera>} and {καὶ<kai>} the {τοὺς<ho>} money-changers {κερματιστὰς<kermatistēs>} sitting {καθημένους,<kathēmai>} there. ←

2:15 - And {καὶ<kai>} making {ποιήσας<poieō>} a → whip {φραγέλλιον <phragellion>} of {ἐκ<ek>} cords, {σχοινίων<schoinion>} he → drove {ἐξέβαλεν <ekballō>} them → all {πάντας<pas>} out of {ἐκ<ek>} the {τοῦ<ho>} temple, {ἱεροῦ,<hieron>} with {τε<te>} the {τά<ho>} sheep {πρόβατα<probaton>} and {καὶ<kai>} oxen. {τοὺς βόας,<ho bous>} And {καὶ<kai>} he poured out {ἐξέχεεν<ekcheō>} the {τὸ<ho>} coins {κέρμα,<kerma>} of → the {τῶν<ho>} money-changers {κολλυβιστῶν <kollybistēs>} and {καὶ<kai>} overturned {ἀνέτρεψεν, <anatrepō>} their • tables. {τὰς τραπέζας<ho trapeza>}

2:16 - And {καὶ<kai>} he → told {εἶπεν·<legō>} those who {τοῖς<ho>} sold {πωλοῦσιν <pōleō>} the {τὰς<ho>} pigeons, {περιστερὰς<peristera>} “Take {ἄρατε<airō>} these {ταῦτα<houtos>} things ← away; {ἐντεῦθεν,<enteuthen>} do → not {μὴ<mē>} make {ποιεῖτε<poieō>} my {μου<egō>} Father’s {τοῦ πατρός<ho patēr>} house {τὸν οἶκον<ho oikos>} a → house {οἶκον<oikos>} of → trade.” {ἐμπορίου.<emporion>}

2:17 - His {αὐτοῦ<autos>} disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ<ho mathētēs>} remembered {ἐμνήσθησαν<mimnēskomai>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} it → was {ἐστίν·<eimi>} written, {γεγραμμένον<graphō>} “Zeal {ὁ ζῆλος<ho zēlos>} for → your {σου<sy>} house {τοῦ οἴκου<ho oikos>} will → consume {καταφάγεταί<katesthiō>} me.” {με.<egō>}

2:18 - • {ἀπεκρίθησαν<apokrinomai>} So {οὖν<oun>} the {οἱ<ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαῖοι <Ioudaios>} • {καὶ<kai>} said {εἶπαν<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ·<autos>} “What {τί<tis>} sign {σημεῖον<sēmeion>} do → you → show {δεικνύεις<deiknymi>} us {ἡμῖν<egō>} for {ὅτι <hoti>} doing {ποιεῖς;<poieō>} these {ταῦτα<houtos>}

2:19 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} answered {Ἀπεκρίθη<apokrinomai>} • {καὶ<kai>} • {εἶπεν <legō>} them, {αὐτοῖς·<autos>} “Destroy {λύσατε<lyō>} this {τοῦτον,<houtos>} temple, {τὸν ναὸν<ho naos>} and {καὶ<kai>} in {ἐν<en>} three {τρισὶν<treis>} days {ἡμέραις<hēmera>} I → will → raise {ἐγερῶ<egeirō>} it {αὐτόν.<autos>} up.”←

2:20 - The {οἱ<ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαῖοι·<Ioudaios>} then {οὖν<oun>} said, {εἶπαν<legō>} “It → has → taken → forty-six {τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἓξ<tesserakonta kai hex>} years {ἔτεσιν<etos>} to → build {οἰκοδομήθη<oikodomeō>} this {οὗτος,<houtos>} temple, {ὁ ναὸς<ho naos>} and {καὶ<kai>} will → you {σὺ<sy>} raise {ἐγερεῖς<egeirō>} it {αὐτόν;<autos>} up ← in {ἐν<en>} three {τρισὶν<treis>} days?” {ἡμέραις<hēmera>}

2:21 - But {δὲ<de>} he {ἐκεῖνος<ekeinos>} was → speaking {ἔλεγεν<legō>} about {περὶ<peri>} the {τοῦ<ho>} temple {ναοῦ<naos>} of → his {αὐτοῦ.<autos>} body. {τοῦ σώματος<ho sōma>}

2:22 - When {ὅτε<hote>} therefore {οὖν<oun>} he → was → raised {ἠγέρθη <egeirō>} from {ἐκ<ek>} the → dead, {νεκρῶν,<nekros>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ<ho mathētēs>} remembered {ἐμνήσθησαν<mimnēskomai>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} he → had → said {ἔλεγεν,<legō>} this, {τοῦτο<houtos>} and {καὶ<kai>} they → believed {ἐπίστευσαν<pisteuō>} the {τῇ<ho>} Scripture {γραφῇ<graphē>} and {καὶ<kai>} the {τῷ <ho>} word {λόγῳ<logos>} that {ὃν<hos>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς.<ho Iēsous>} had → spoken. {εἶπεν<legō>}

John 2:13-22 -

In Israel’s history, the temple represented God’s gracious dwelling among his covenant people. By his own initiative, he provided for a restored relationship with his sinful people (Ex. 25:8–9). Unfortunately, however, ritual replaced reality, and pride was more obvious than humility; the “worship of worship”—and, as seen here, the desire for financial gain—took precedence over the worship of God.

Jesus’ cleansing of the temple was much more than an act of moral outrage and judgment. It was also a sign of end-time fulfillment. The temple was never given as an end in itself. Like the tabernacle, the temple was essential but ultimately temporary, for its abuses exposed just how broken God’s worship and God’s worshipers had become through sin. Something better was promised, and that something arrived with Jesus, the true and final temple (John 2:19–21). As the embodiment of the temple (the place where God was present among his people in the Old Testament), Jesus is God with us—Immanuel—and God for us (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:18–25).

By Jesus’ death and resurrection, the temple-less worship of the garden of Eden will once again be realized in the perfected worship of the new heaven and new earth. On that day, God himself and the Lamb will be the temple forever (Rev. 21:22).

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