Structure of Xxxx 2 Sample Clauses

Structure of Xxxx 2. 13–22 In terms of structure, Xxxx 2:14–22 is a diptych introduced by 2:13.11 The introduction (v. 13) relates the Passover setting of this pericope and Xxxxx’ travel to 11 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx, Xxxx (2nd ed.; WBC 36; Nashville: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Publishers 1999), 38; Xxxx X. Xxxxx, God Dwells with Us: Temple Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2001), 70; Lucius Nereparampil, Destroy This Temple: An Exegetico-Theological Study on the Meaning of Xxxxx’ Temple-Logion in Jn 2:19 (Bangalore, India: Dharmaram Publications, 1978), 13–14; Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, The Gospel According to St. Xxxx (trans. Xxxxx Xxxxx et. al.; 3 vols.; New York: Crossroad, 1968–1982), 1:344. Some commentators include 2:23–25 in their structures of John’s temple scene. The connection of these verses to 2:13–22 is seen in how they reenact in a more generalized fashion the particular events of 2:13–22. Xxxx 2:23a corresponds to 2:13 in that they both describe the setting as Jerusalem in the Passover season. Xxxx 2:23b speaks of Xxxxx’ acts (specifically, ?Gµ*8)) in Jerusalem, while 2:14–16 narrates Xxxxx’ particular act of disrupting the activity in the Jerusalem temple, which is referred to as a ?Gµ*8%/ in 2:18. Xxxx 2:23b also contains the reactions of others to Xxxxx’ acts, as 2:17–22 contains the reaction of the disciples and the Jews to Xxxxx’ actions and words in the temple. Xxxx 2:24a contains Xxxxx’ response to the people (he would not entrust himself to them), as 2:19 contains his response to the Jews (he offers them a sign by pointing to his death and resurrection). In 2:24b–25 the narrator explains to the reader Xxxxx’ response to the people, just as the narrator does the true meaning of Xxxxx’ words to the Jewish authorities in 2:21. However, these verses also anticipate the Xxxxxxxxx episode in 3:1–21, and so I find it more helpful to view 2:23–25 as a bridge passage, like those elsewhere in this Gospel, containing language and themes that evoke the pericopes immediately before and after it, in this case the temple incident and the nighttime conversation with Xxxxxxxxx. The connection between 2:23–25 and 3:1–21 lies in the people’s response to the signs Xxxxx was doing in Jerusalem. Though they come to believe in Jerusalem for the occasion, framing the events of 2:14–22 within a Jewish festival context. The first “panel” of the diptych (vv. 14–17) relates the dramatic act of Xxxxx disrupting commerce in the temple, while the second panel (vv....