My Father’s House

John 2:12-25

Key Verse 2:16

To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!”

1. Read verses 12-16. When did Jesus go up to Jerusalem? (12-13) What did Jesus find in the temple? (14) What did Jesus do in the temple? (15-16) What made Jesus so angry? (16) What does ‘my Father’s house’ imply? 

2. Read verses 17-20.   What did Jesus’ disciples remember? (17)  What did the Jews demand of Jesus? (18)  How did Jesus answer them? (19) How did the Jews respond? (20) 

3. Read verses 21-22.  What did Jesus mean by the temple? (21) What did they recall after Jesus was raised?  What then did they believe? (22) 

4. Read verses 23-25. What did Jesus do during the Passover Feast? (23) How did many people respond?  But why would Jesus not entrust himself to them? (24-25)  

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