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Remembered (emnēsthēsan). First aorist passive indicative of mimnēskō, to remind, “were reminded.” Westcott notes the double effect of this act as is true of Christ’s words and deeds all through John’s Gospel. The disciples are helped, the traders are angered.
That it is written (hoti gegrammenon estin). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of graphō retained in indirect discourse (assertion).
The zeal of thine house (ho zēlos tou oikou sou). Objective genitive. “The zeal for thy house.”
Shall eat me up (kataphagetai me). Future middle indicative of katesthiō, defective verb, to eat down (“up” we say), perfective use of kata-. This future phagomai is from the second aorist ephagon. It is a quotation from Psa 69:9, frequently quoted in the N.T.