And on athe third day there was a wedding in bCana of Galilee, and the cmother of Jesus was there;John 1:29, 35, 43John 2:11; 4:46; 21:2Matt 12:46 2 and both Jesus and His adisciples were invited to the wedding.John 1:40-49; 2:12, 17, 22; 3:22; 4:2, 8, 27; 6:8, 12, 16, 22, 24, 60f, 66; 7:3; 8:31 3 And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus *said to her, “aWoman, 1bwhat do I have to do with you? cMy hour has not yet come.”Lit what to Me and to you (a Heb idiom)John 19:26Matt 8:29John 7:6, 8, 30; 8:20 5 His amother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”Matt 12:46 6 Now there were six stone water jars set there afor the Jewish custom of purification, containing 1two or three measures each.Approx. 20-30 gal. or 75-115 l, a measure was approx. 10 gal. or 38 lMark 7:3f; John 3:25 7 Jesus *said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him. 9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water awhich had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,John 4:46 10 and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ahave 1drunk freely, then the inferior wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”Or have become drunkMatt 24:49; Luke 12:45; Acts 2:15; 1 Cor 11:21; Eph 5:18; 1 Thess 5:7; Rev 17:2, 6 11 Jesus did this in Cana of aGalilee as the beginning of His 1bsigns, and manifested His cglory, and His disciples believed in Him.Or attesting miraclesJohn 1:43John 2:23; 3:2; 4:54; 6:2, 14, 26, 30; 7:31; 9:16; 10:41; 11:47; 12:18, 37; 20:30John 1:14
12 After this He went down to aCapernaum, He and His bmother and His cbrothers and His ddisciples; and they stayed there a few days.Matt 4:13Matt 12:46John 2:2
13 aAnd the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus bwent up to Jerusalem.Deut 16:1-6; John 5:1; 6:4; 11:55Luke 2:41; John 2:23 14 aAnd He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.John 2:14-16: <IT>Matt 21:12ff; Mark 11:15, 17; Luke 19:45f; </IT> Mal 3:1ff 15 And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; 16 and to those who were selling athe doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making bMy Father’s house a 1place of business.”Lit houseMatt 21:12Luke 2:49 17 His adisciples remembered that it was written, “bZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.”John 2:2Ps 69:9 18 aThe Jews then said to Him, “bWhat sign do You show us 1as your authority for doing these things?”Lit that You do theseJohn 1:19Matt 12:38 19 Jesus answered them, “aDestroy this 1sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”The inner part of the templeMatt 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29; Acts 6:14 20 aThe Jews then said, “It took bforty-six years to build this sanctuary, and will You raise it up in three days?”John 1:19Ezra 5:16 21 But He was speaking about athe sanctuary of His body.1 Cor 6:19 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His adisciples bremembered that He said this; and they believed cthe Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.John 2:2Luke 24:8; John 2:17; 12:16; 14:26Ps 16:10; Luke 24:26f; John 20:9; Acts 13:33
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at athe Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, bwhen they saw His signs which He was doing.John 2:13John 2:11 24 But Jesus, 1on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for aHe knew all men,Lit HimselfActs 1:24; 15:8 25 and because He had no need that anyone bear witness concerning man, afor He Himself knew what was in man.Matt 9:4; John 1:42, 47; 6:61, 64; 13:11