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The Gospel of John, Chapter 2

13. Then it was time for the annual Jewish Passover celebration, and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
14. In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices, and moneychangers behind their counters.
15. Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out, and drove out the sheep and oxen, scattering the moneychangers' coins over the floor and turning over their tables!
16. Then, going over to the men selling doves, he told them, "Get these things out of here. Don't turn my Father's House into a market!"
17. Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Concern for God's House will be my undoing."
18. "What right have you to order them out?" the Jewish leaders demanded. "If you have this authority from God, show us a miracle to prove it."
19. "All right," Jesus replied, "this is the miracle I will do for you: Destroy this sanctuary and in three days I will raise it up!"
20. "What!" they exclaimed. "It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can do it in three days?"
21. But by "this sanctuary" he meant his body.
22. After he came back to life again, the disciples remembered his saying this and realized that what he had quoted from the Scriptures really did refer to him, and had all come true!
23. Because of the miracles he did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people were convinced that he was indeed the Messiah.
24. But Jesus didn't trust them, for he knew mankind to the core. No one needed to tell him how changeable human nature is!


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This is Sol Wise
hoping you've enjoyed this excerpt from The Living Bible version
of The Gospel of John,
Tyndale House Publishers.

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John's Gospel

The Gospel of John is an eye-witness account of the life of Jesus the Christ.

This account begins before the beginning of the world, and finishes with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.





Who Was John?

John was the brother of James and they were the sons of Zebedee. Zebedee, James and John were business partners of Andrew and Peter in Galilee.

Before meeting Jesus Christ, and being called to follow Him, they earned their living as fishermen in Galilee.



The Ending

After the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, John became an apostle, travelling widely. It is said that he was boiled in oil before being exiled to the prison-island of Patmos.

While there, he wrote 3 letters to the church. He also wrote the book of Revelation, which many believe foretells the events of the end of this age.

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