John 2:18-22 Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign show you to us, seeing that you do these things?… I. A CERTAIN DEMAND. It is shown — 1. What they required — a sign, often requested in our Lord's day and afterwards. 2. Why they required it — because of the extraordinary cleansing of the temple. II. A SIGNIFICANT ANSWER. There is here — 1. An exalted claim. The temple was the abode of God. 2. A striking prediction. 3. A wonderful declaration. III. A GROSS MISREPRESENTATION. 1. How it originated; in applying literally what was only meant figuratively. 2. The feeling it produced — ridicule or contempt. 3. The explanation which the Evangelist supplies. IV. AN IMPORTANT RESULT. "When therefore," etc. From this we see — 1. That the words of Christ were not forgotten. 2. The effect such remembrance produced. (Miracles of our Lord.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?WEB: The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?" |