18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
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And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, …
And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, …
Commentary
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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