John 2
2
The First Sign: Turning Water into Wine
1On the third day a wedding took place in Cana#Jn 2:11; 4:46; 21:2 of Galilee.#Mt 17:22 Jesus’s mother#Mt 1:16 was there, 2and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well. 3When the wine ran out, Jesus’s mother told him, “They don’t have any wine.”
4 “What has this concern of yours to do with me, # 2:4 Or “What does that have to do with you and me; lit “What to me and to you; Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; 5:7; Lk 8:28 #
2Sm 16:10; 19:22 woman?” #Jn 19:26 Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.”
5“Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants.
6Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification.#Lv 13–14; Heb 1:3 Each contained twenty or thirty gallons.#2:6 Lit two or three measures
7 “Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim. 8Then he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the headwaiter.”#2:8 Lit ruler of the table And they did.
9When the headwaiter tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from — though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom 10and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people are drunk, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”
11Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana#Jn 2:1; 21:2 of Galilee.#Mt 17:22 He revealed#2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2 his glory,#Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24 and his disciples believed in him.
12After this, he went down to Capernaum,#Lk 10:15 together with his mother, his brothers,#Mt 12:46–50; Mk 3:31–35; 6:3; Lk 8:19–21; Ac 1:14 and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.
Cleansing the Temple
13The Jewish Passover#Ex 12:11 was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.#Mt 23:37 14In the temple#Mt 21:12–13; Mk 11:15–17; Lk 19:45–46 he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15After making a whip out of cords,#Ac 27:32 he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep#Mt 7:15 and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables. 16He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s#Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 house#Lk 11:51; Jn 2:17 into a marketplace!” #2:16 Lit a house of business#Jr 7:11; Zch 14:21; Mal 3:1–3
17And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal#Nm 25:13 for your house will consume#Gl 5:15 me.#2:17Ps 69:9#Ps 69:9
18So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”
19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple,#2:19 Or sanctuary, also in vv. 20,21#Lk 1:21 and I will raise it up in three days.”#Lk 9:22
20Therefore the Jews said, “This temple took forty-six years to build,#2:20 Or was built forty-six years ago and will you raise it up in three days?” #Mk 15:29
21But he was speaking about the temple of his body.#Mt 26:26; 27:52,58; Mk 14:22; 15:43; Lk 12:4; 22:19; 23:52,55; Jn 19:31,38,40; 20:12; 1Co 10:16; 11:23–26; Heb 10:5,10; 1Pt 2:24 22So when he was raised from the dead,#Mt 17:9; Rv 20:12 his disciples remembered that he had said this,#Jn 14:26 and they believed the Scripture#Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 and the statement Jesus had made.
23While he was in Jerusalem#Mt 23:37 during the Passover Festival,#Jn 5:1 many believed in his name#Jn 10:25; 1Jn 3:23 when they saw the signs he was doing. 24Jesus, however, would not entrust himself to them, since he knew them all 25and because he did not need anyone to testify about man; for he himself knew what was in man.#Jr 17:10
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John 2
2
The Wedding at Cana
1The next day#2:1 Greek On the third day; see 1:35, 43. there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.#2:6 Greek 2 or 3 measures [75 to 113 liters]. 7Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled, 8he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.
9When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. 10“A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”
11This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.
Jesus Clears the Temple
13It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. 15Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. 16Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
17Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”#2:17 Or “Concern for God’s house will be my undoing.” Ps 69:9.
18But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20“What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” 21But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
Jesus and Nicodemus
23Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. 24But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people. 25No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person’s heart.
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