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  • John 2:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 His disciples recalled that it is written: “The zeal for your house will consume me.”+

  • John 2:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 ᾿Εμνήσθησαν Called to mind οἱ the μαθηταὶ disciples αὐτοῦ of him ὅτι that γεγραμμένον having been written ἐστίν it is Ὁ The ζῆλος zeal τοῦ of the οἴκου house σου of you καταφάγεταί will eat down με. me.

  • John 2:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 His disciples called to mind that it is written: “The zeal for your house will eat me up.”+

  • John 2:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 His disciples remembered that it is written “Jealousy for thy house will eat me up.”

  • John 2:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.

  • John 2:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 His disciples remembered that it was written—The zeal of thy house eateth me up.

  • John 2:17
    King James Version
    • 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:17 it-1 110; w10 12/15 8-9

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:17 w79 7/15 9; w73 6-7; ad 80; w65 728; w62 550; g62 8/22 28; w60 39, 146

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:17

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 110

      The Watchtower,

      12/15/2010, pp. 8-9

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:17

      zeal for your house: In this context, the Greek word (zeʹlos), here rendered “zeal,” denotes an intense, positive, burning interest, marked by a sense of dedication. The scripture that the disciples called to mind can be found at Ps 69:9. There the corresponding Hebrew noun (qin·ʼahʹ), rendered “zeal,” may convey such meanings as “insistence on exclusive devotion; toleration of no rivalry.” When Jesus saw all the commercial activity in the temple area, he was righteously indignant, and his zeal moved him to action.

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