Explore the Bible Online

John 2:18-20

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

18. Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

John 2:18-20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 2:18

Theological / Devotional

The Jews. John’s characteristic designation for the religious leaders of the nation.

Sign. Greek semeion (see p. 208; see on Isa. 7:14; Matt. 12:38, 39). The leaders demanded evidence that Jesus had the right to assume direction of the affairs of the Temple. His act posed a direct challenge to their authority, one that they could not overlook (cf. on John 1:19, 25). As usual, the demand for a “sign,” of the kind these critics desired, went unanswered (see on Matt. 12:38, 39; Luke 23:8).

By SdaBc