John 2:17
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And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

The zeal.

Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalm 119:139 My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

Context
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
16And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. 17And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 18The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?…
Cross References
Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalm 119:139
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

John 2:2
And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage.

John 2:22
When therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this: and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had said.

Lexicon
His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

disciples
μαθηταὶ (mathētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

remembered
Ἐμνήσθησαν (Emnēsthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3403: To remember, call to mind, recall, mention. A prolonged form of mnaomai; to remind, i.e. to recall to mind.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

it is
ἐστίν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

written:
γεγραμμένον (gegrammenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

“Zeal
ζῆλος (zēlos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2205: From zeo; properly, heat, i.e. 'zeal' (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice).

for
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

house
οἴκου (oikou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3624: A dwelling; by implication, a family.

will consume
καταφάγεταί (kataphagetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2719: To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour.

Me.”
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


Additional Translations
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

His disciples remembered that it is written: "The zeal of Your house will consume Me."

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up.

His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

[And] his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.

His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house shall eat me up.

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."

And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'
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