John Chapter 2 verse 13 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) And the Jews' passover was at hand.--Here, again, we are on common ground with the earlier Gospels. They place a cleansing of the Temple at the close of our Lord's ministry at the only Passover which comes within the scope of their narrative. The subject has been dealt with in Notes on Matthew 21:12 et seq. (Comp. also Introduction: The Chronological Harmony of the Gospels, p. 35) The careful reader will not fail to observe the graphic touches peculiar to this narrative--the money-changers sitting, the sacrificial animals, the making of the scourge, the money poured out, the order to remove the doves which could not be driven out. We feel all through in the presence of an eye-witness. It is worth remembering that on the eve of the Passover the head of every family carefully collected all the leaven in the house, and there was a general cleansing. He was doing in His Father's house, it may be, what was then being done in every house in Jerusalem. The remark will be seen to have an important bearing on the question of the repetition of the cleansing.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekWhenΚαὶ (Kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. theτὸ (to)Article - Nominative Neuter SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.JewishἸουδαίων (Ioudaiōn)Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralStrong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.Passoverπάσχα (pascha)Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularStrong's 3957: The feast of Passover, the Passover lamb. Of Chaldee origin; the Passover.wasἦν (ēn)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.near,ἐγγὺς (engys)AdverbStrong's 1451: Near. From a primary verb agcho; near.JesusἸησοῦς (Iēsous)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.went upἀνέβη (anebē)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.toεἰς (eis)PrepositionStrong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.Jerusalem.Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosolyma)Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 2414: The Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem. Of Hebrew origin; HierosolymaJump to PreviousAlmost Approaching Hand Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Nigh Passover Time