Verse 17
17. His disciples Only, as yet, the five from Bethsaida. See notes on John 2:2, and John 1:40-51. Among these was John himself, and therefore a witness of this cleansing.
Remembered As at John 2:22, afterward. But it called to mind the psalm at the time.
Written In Psalms 69:9. This Psalm, though written in the person of David, was applied even by the ancient Jews to the Messiah. Aben Ezra has on the last verse of that psalm this note: “The sense is, they and their children shall inherit, not in the days of David, but in the days of the Messiah.”
Zeal of thine house Rather, zeal for thy house.
Eaten me up A figure in all ages to express the consuming, emaciating effects of care and passion.
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