And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
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Gill's Exposition
And his disciples remembered that it was written,.... In Psa 69:9, which Psalm belongs to the Messiah, as is manifest from the citations out of it in the New Testament, and the application of them to…
Barnes' Notes
It was written ... - This is recorded in Psa 69:9. Its meaning is, that he was affected with great zeal or concern for the pure worship of God. The zeal of thine house - “Zeal” is intense ardor in…
Adam Clarke
The zeal of thine house - See Psa 59:10. Zeal to promote thy glory, and to keep thy worship pure.
Here we have,
I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, Joh 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day's journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Mat 9:1), because he made it his…
Cambridge Bible
remembered Then and there. Who could know this but a disciple? Who would think of inventing it? See above on Joh 2:2.
was written Better, is written; in the Greek it is the perf. part. pass. with the…