17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
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For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, John 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day’s journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Matt. 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there. It was a place of concourse, and therefore Christ chose it, that the fame of his doctrine and miracles might thence spread the further.…
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