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John 2:17
[And] his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
John 2:17 · Darby Bible
John 2:17 in other translations
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”
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In context
14 And he found in the temple the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting;
15 and, having made a scourge of cords, he cast [them] all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the change of the money-changers, and overturned the tables,
16 and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
17 [And] his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
18 The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple building, and thou wilt raise it up in three days?
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