John 2:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.] [Ps. 69:9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

His disciples remembered that it is written, Passion for your house consumes me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And truly, his disciples were reminded that it is written: "Zeal for your house consumes me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

John 2:17 Cross References

Psalm 119:139

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

John 2:2

and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

John 2:22

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.