2:6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, 1 each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 2
12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he 3 had raised from the dead.
1 tn Grk “for the purification of the Jews.”
2 tn Grk “holding two or three metretes” (about 75 to 115 liters). Each of the pots held 2 or 3 μετρηταί (metrhtai). A μετρητῆς (metrhths) was about 9 gallons (40 liters); thus each jar held 18-27 gallons (80-120 liters) and the total volume of liquid involved was 108-162 gallons (480-720 liters).
3 tn Grk “whom Jesus,” but a repetition of the proper name (Jesus) here would be redundant in the English clause structure, so the pronoun (“he”) is substituted in the translation.