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Text -- John 2:1-19 (NET)
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Turning Water into Wine
2:1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee . Jesus ’ mother was there ,
2:2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding .
2:3 When the wine ran out , Jesus ’ mother said to him , “They have no wine left.”
2:4 Jesus replied , “Woman , why are you saying this to me ? My time has not yet come .”
2:5 His mother told the servants , “Whatever he tells you , do it.”
2:6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing , each holding twenty or thirty gallons .
2:7 Jesus told the servants , “Fill the water jars with water .” So they filled them up to the very top .
2:8 Then he told them , “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward ,” and they did .
2:9 When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine , not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew ), he called the bridegroom
2:10 and said to him , “Everyone serves the good wine first , and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk . You have kept the good wine until now !”
2:11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs , in Cana of Galilee . In this way he revealed his glory , and his disciples believed in him .
Cleansing the Temple
2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples , and they stayed there a few days .
2:13 Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near , so Jesus went up to Jerusalem .
2:14 He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves , and the money changers sitting at tables .
2:15 So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts , with the sheep and the oxen . He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables .
2:16 To those who sold the doves he said , “Take these things away from here ! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace !”
2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written , “Zeal for your house will devour me .”
2:18 So then the Jewish leaders responded , “What sign can you show us , since you are doing these things ?”
2:19 Jesus replied , “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Cana |
Mary |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
Wine |
Miracles |
Marriage-feasts |
Water |
UNCLEANNESS |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Temple |
Marriage |
DEBT; DEBTOR |
WOMAN |
BANQUET |
Feasts |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
NAZARETH |
Alcohol |
Greed |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Joh 2:1; Joh 2:1; Joh 2:1; Joh 2:2; Joh 2:3; Joh 2:3; Joh 2:4; Joh 2:4; Joh 2:4; Joh 2:4; Joh 2:4; Joh 2:5; Joh 2:6; Joh 2:6; Joh 2:6; Joh 2:7; Joh 2:8; Joh 2:9; Joh 2:9; Joh 2:9; Joh 2:10; Joh 2:10; Joh 2:10; Joh 2:11; Joh 2:11; Joh 2:11; Joh 2:11; Joh 2:12; Joh 2:12; Joh 2:12; Joh 2:13; Joh 2:13; Joh 2:14; Joh 2:14; Joh 2:14; Joh 2:14; Joh 2:15; Joh 2:15; Joh 2:15; Joh 2:16; Joh 2:16; Joh 2:16; Joh 2:17; Joh 2:17; Joh 2:18; Joh 2:18; Joh 2:18; Joh 2:19; Joh 2:19
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NET Notes: Joh 2:2 There is no clue to the identity of the bride and groom, but in all probability either relatives or friends of Jesus’ family were involved, sinc...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:3 They have no wine left. On the backgrounds of this miracle J. D. M. Derrett pointed out among other things the strong element of reciprocity about wed...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:4 The Greek word translated time (ὥρα, Jwra) occurs in John 2:4; 4:21, 23; 5:25, 28, 29; 7:30; 8:20; 12:23, 27; 13:1; 16:25; and 17:1. I...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:5 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.
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NET Notes: Joh 2:6 Significantly, these jars held water for Jewish ceremonial washing (purification rituals). The water of Jewish ritual purification has become the wine...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:9 Grk “the head steward”; here the repetition of the phrase is somewhat redundant in English and the pronoun (“he”) is substitut...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:10 Grk “when they”; the referent (the guests) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 2:12 With respect to Jesus’ brothers, the so-called Helvidian view is to be preferred (named after Helvidius, a 4th-century theologian). This view ho...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:13 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Joh 2:14 Grk “the money changers sitting”; the words “at tables” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
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NET Notes: Joh 2:15 Because of the imperial Roman portraits they carried, Roman denarii and Attic drachmas were not permitted to be used in paying the half-shekel temple-...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:16 A marketplace. Zech 14:20-21, in context, is clearly a picture of the messianic kingdom. The Hebrew word translated “Canaanite” may also b...
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NET Notes: Joh 2:18 The request “What sign can you show us” by Jesus’ adversaries was a request for a defense of his actions – a mark of divine au...
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