JHN 2

The Wedding in Cana of Galilee

1 Now on the third day following these events, a wedding celebration was taking place in Cana, a town in the region of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was present there as a guest.

2 Jesus and His disciples were also invited to participate in the wedding festivities.

3 When the wine supply was depleted and ran out, the mother of Jesus approached Him and informed Him of the situation: "They have no more wine to serve."

4 Jesus responded to her, "What concern is that situation to Me and to you, woman? Why do you involve Me in this? My hour, the appointed time for My public manifestation, has not yet arrived."

5 His mother turned to the servants and gave them this instruction: "Do whatever He tells you to do, following His directions exactly."

6 Now there were six stone water jars standing there, set aside according to the ceremonial purification practices of the Jews, each one having the capacity to hold twenty or thirty gallons of liquid.

7 Jesus directed them with these instructions: "Fill the water jars completely with water." And they filled them up to the very brim, leaving no empty space.

8 Then He said to them, "Now draw out some of this water and carry it to the master of the feast, the one overseeing the celebration." So they carried it to him as instructed.

9 When the master of the feast tasted the water that had been transformed into wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew the source), the master of the feast called the bridegroom aside

10 and said to him, "Every host customarily serves the good wine first at the beginning of the celebration, and when the guests have drunk freely and their taste is less discerning, then he brings out the inferior wine. But you have kept the good wine until this present moment!"

11 This miraculous sign, the beginning and first of His signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and through it He manifested His glory and revealed His divine nature. As a result, His disciples placed their faith in Him.

12 After this event, He went down to the town of Capernaum, accompanied by His mother and His brothers and His disciples, and they remained in that place for a brief period, not many days.

The Cleansing of the Temple

Matt. 21:12-13; Mk. 11:15-17; Lk. 19:45-46

13 The Passover festival of the Jews was drawing near, and Jesus travelled up to the city of Jerusalem to observe it.

14 Upon arriving, He found in the outer courts of the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves for sacrifices, as well as the money changers who were seated at their tables.

15 After fashioning a whip out of cords, He drove them all out of the temple area—both the sheep and the oxen—and He poured out and scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables with force.

16 To those who were selling doves, He issued this command: "Remove these things from this place! Do not turn My Father's house into a place of commercial business and merchandise!"

17 His disciples recalled and remembered that it stands written in Scripture: "The zeal and passionate concern for Your house will consume Me completely."

18 In response to these actions, the Jewish authorities challenged Him and demanded, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove Your authority and validate these actions You are performing?"

19 Jesus responded to them and said, "Destroy this temple, and in the space of three days, I will raise it up again!"

20 The Jewish leaders then said with incredulity, "This temple took forty-six years to construct, and You claim You will raise it up in three days?"

21 However, He was speaking symbolically concerning the temple of His physical body, not the physical building.

22 Therefore, when He was raised from the dead following His crucifixion, His disciples remembered that He had made this statement, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Does Not Entrust Himself to Men

23 While He was in Jerusalem during the Passover feast, at the time of the feast, many people believed in His name, having observed His miraculous signs which He was performing publicly.

24 But Jesus, for His part, was not entrusting Himself to them or committing Himself to their care, because He possessed complete knowledge of all people and their hearts.

25 He had no need for anyone to give Him testimony or information concerning human nature, for He Himself knew intimately and completely what was in the heart of every person.

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