John 2:17 meaning and explanation

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

John 2:17, Berean Standard Bible

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The disciples recall Psalm 69:9 as Jesus clears the temple courts of merchants and money changers. In that psalm, the speaker suffers reproach because devotion to God's house burns in him.

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