John 2:5

2:5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.” ¹ 

John 2:16

2:16 To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not make ²  my Father’s house a marketplace!” ³ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[2:16]  ² tn Or (perhaps) “Stop making.”

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “a house of merchants” (an allusion to Zech 14:21).