John 2
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Jesus' seven special miracles
Jesus at a wedding in Cana
1Three days later Mary, the mother of Jesus, was at a wedding feast in the village of Cana in Galilee. 2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there.
3When the wine was all gone, Mary said to Jesus, “They don't have any more wine.”
4Jesus replied, “Mother, my time hasn't yet come!#2.4 my time hasn't yet come!: The time when the true glory of Jesus would be seen, and he would be recognized as God's Son. See 12.23. You must not tell me what to do.”
5Mary then said to the servants, “Do whatever Jesus tells you to do.”
6At the feast there were six stone water jars that were used by the people for washing themselves in the way that their religion said they must. Each jar held about a hundred litres. 7Jesus told the servants to fill them to the top with water. Then after the jars had been filled, 8he said, “Now take some water and give it to the man in charge of the feast.”
The servants did as Jesus told them, 9and the man in charge drank some of the water that had now turned into wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants did. He called the bridegroom over 10and said, “The best wine is always served first. Then after the guests have had plenty, the other wine is served. But you have kept the best until last!”
11This was Jesus' first miracle,#2.11 miracle: The Greek text has “sign”. In the Gospel of John the word “sign” is used for the miracle itself and as a way of pointing to Jesus as the Son of God. and he did it in the village of Cana in Galilee. There Jesus showed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him. 12After this, he went with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples to the town of Capernaum, where they stayed for a few days.#Mt 4.13.
Jesus in the temple
(Matthew 21.12,13; Mark 11.15-17; Luke 19.45,46)
13Not long before the Jewish festival of Passover, Jesus went to Jerusalem.#Ex 12.1-27. 14There he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves in the temple. He also saw moneychangers sitting at their tables. 15So he took some rope and made a whip. Then he chased everyone out of the temple, together with their sheep and cattle. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins.
16Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, “Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a market place.”
17The disciples then remembered that the Scriptures say, “My love for your house burns in me like a fire.”#Ps 69.9.
18The Jewish leaders asked Jesus, “What miracle#2.18 miracle: See the note at 2.11. will you perform to show us why you have done this?”
19“Destroy this temple,” Jesus answered, “and in three days I will build it again!”#Mt 26.61; 27.40; Mk 14.58; 15.29.
20The leaders replied, “It took forty-six years to build this temple. What makes you think you can rebuild it in three days?”
21But Jesus was talking about his body as a temple. 22And when he was raised from death, his disciples remembered what he had told them. Then they believed the Scriptures and the words of Jesus.
Jesus knows what people are like
23In Jerusalem during Passover many people put their faith in Jesus, because they saw him perform miracles.#2.23 miracles: See the note at 2.11. 24But Jesus knew what was in their hearts, and he would not let them have power over him. 25No one had to tell him what people were like. He already knew.
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John 2
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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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