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Selected Verse: John 2:15 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 2:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] when he had made [4160] a scourge [5416] of [1537] small cords [4979], he drove [1544] them all [3956] out of [1537] the temple [2411], and [5037] the sheep [4263], and [2532] the oxen [1016]; and [2532] poured out [1632] the changers [2855]' money [2772], and [2532] overthrew [390] the tables [5132]; |
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King James |
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
small cords--likely some of the rushes spread for bedding, and when twisted used to tie up the cattle there collected. "Not by this slender whip but by divine majesty was the ejection accomplished, the whip being but a sign of the scourge of divine anger" [GROTIUS].
poured out . . . overthrew--thus expressing the mingled indignation and authority of the impulse. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A scourge - A whip.
Of small cords - This whip was made as an emblem of authority, and also for the purpose of driving from the temple the cattle which had been brought there for sale. There is no evidence that he used any violence to the men engaged in that unhallowed traffic. The original word implies that these "cords" were made of twisted "rushes" or "reeds" - probably the ancient material for making ropes. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
A scourge (φραγέλλιον)
Only here in the New Testament. Only John records this detail.
Of small cords (ἐκ σχοινίων)
The Rev. omits small, but the word is a diminutive of σχοῖνος, a rush, and thence a rope of twisted rushes. The A.V. is therefore strictly literal. Herodotus says that when Croesus besieged Ephesus, the Ephesians made an offering of their city to Diana, by stretching a small rope (σχοινίον) from the town wall to the temple of the goddess, a distance of seven furlongs (i., 26). The schoene was an Egyptian measure of length, marked by a rush-rope. See Herodotus, ii. 6. Some find in this the etymology of skein.
Drove out (ἐξέβαλεν)
Literally, as Rev., cast out. See on Mat 10:34; see on Mat 12:35; see on Mar 1:12; see on Jam 2:25.
All
Referring to the animals. The A.V. makes the reference to the traders; but Rev., correctly, "cast all out - both the sheep and the oxen."
Money
See on Joh 2:14.
Tables
Wyc., turned upside down the boards. See on Luk 19:23. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Having made a scourge of rushes - (Which were strewed on the ground,) he drove all out of the temple, (that is, the court of it,) both the sheep and the oxen - Though it does not appear that he struck even them; and much less, any of the men. But a terror from God, it is evident, fell upon them. |
23 Wherefore [1302] then [2532] gavest [1325] not [3756] thou [1325] my [3450] money [694] into [1909] the bank [5132], that [2532] at my coming [2064] I [1473] might [302] have required [4238] mine own [846] with [4862] usury [5110]?
14 And [2532] found [2147] in [1722] the temple [2411] those that sold [4453] oxen [1016] and [2532] sheep [4263] and [2532] doves [4058], and [2532] the changers of money [2773] sitting [2521]:
25 Likewise [3668] [1161] also [2532] was [1344] not [3756] Rahab [4460] the harlot [4204] justified [1344] by [1537] works [2041], when she had received [5264] the messengers [32], and [2532] had sent them out [1544] another [2087] way [3598]?
12 And [2532] immediately [2117] the Spirit [4151] driveth [1544] him [846] into [1519] the wilderness [2048].
35 A good [18] man [444] out of [1537] the good [18] treasure [2344] of the heart [2588] bringeth forth [1544] good things [18]: and [2532] an evil [4190] man [444] out of [1537] the evil [4190] treasure [2344] bringeth forth [1544] evil things [4190].
34 Think [3543] not [3361] that [3754] I am come [2064] to send [906] peace [1515] on [1909] earth [1093]: I came [2064] not [3756] to send [906] peace [1515], but [235] a sword [3162].