Yohanes 2:16

2:16 To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make ¹  my Father’s house a marketplace!” ² 

Yohanes 10:41

10:41 Many ³  came to him and began to say, “John ⁴  performed ⁵  no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man ⁶  was true!”

Yohanes 18:4

18:4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, ⁷  came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?” ⁸ 

Yohanes 21:24

A Final Note

21:24 This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Or (perhaps) “Stop making.”

[2:16]  ² tn Or “a house of merchants” (an allusion to Zech 14:21).

[2:16]  sn A marketplace. Zech 14:20-21, in context, is clearly a picture of the messianic kingdom. The Hebrew word translated “Canaanite” may also be translated “merchant” or “trader.” Read in this light, Zech 14:21 states that there will be no merchant in the house of the Lord in that day (the day of the Lord, at the establishment of the messianic kingdom). And what would Jesus’ words (and actions) in cleansing the temple have suggested to the observers? That Jesus was fulfilling messianic expectations would have been obvious – especially to the disciples, who had just seen the miracle at Cana with all its messianic implications.

[10:41]  ³ tn Grk “And many.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:41]  ⁴ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[10:41]  ⁵ tn Grk “did.”

[10:41]  ⁶ tn Grk “this one.”

[18:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “knowing all things that were coming upon him.”

[18:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “Whom do you seek?”