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The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show to us, seeing that you do these things?"
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A Challenge to Authority
Commentators explain that the religious leaders were not necessarily disputing the need for reform, but Jesus' right to enact it. By cleansing the temple, Jesus acted with prophetic authority, disrupting a system the leaders had approved. Their demand for a "sign" was a formal challenge, asking for a miracle to prove He was sent by God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What sign, etc. What miracle do you work? He assumed the character of a prophet. He was reforming the temple by His authority. It…
What sign shewest thou unto us? (Τ σημειον δεικνυεις ημιν; ). They may have heard of the "sign" at Cana or not, but they have rall…
19th Century
Anglican
Then answered the Jews.—Compare, for the meaning of “the Jews,”John 1:19; and for their question,[Reference Matthew 21…
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The Jews’ demand for a sign is quite in agreement with their general attitude toward Jesus during his lifetime (16:1; Mark 8:11). On th…
16th Century
Protestant
What sign do you show to us? When in such a large assembly no one laid hands on Christ, and none of the dealers in cattle or of the money-…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then answered the Jews, and said unto himThey did not lay hands on him, or offer any violence to him; they did not, …
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The first public work in which we find Christ engaged was driving the traders from the temple, whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to m…
13th Century
Catholic
Having explained the occasion for showing the sign, the Evangelist then states the sign that would be given. He does this in a structured…
