On ^athe third day there was a wedding at ^bCana of Galilee, and the ^cmother of Jesus was there; 2 and both Jesus and His ^adisciples were invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “¹They have no more wine.” 4 Jesus said to her, “ Dear ^awoman, ^1bwhat is that to you and to Me? ^cMy time to act and to be revealed has not yet come.” Eccl 3:1 5 His ^amother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” 6 Now there were six stone waterpots set there ^afor the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) , containing twenty or thirty gallons each. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. 8 Then He said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter of the banquet.” So they took it to him. 9 And when the headwaiter tasted the water which had ^aturned into wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew) he called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, “Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people ^ahave ¹drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of His ^asigns (attesting miracles) , Jesus did in Cana of ^bGalilee, and revealed His ^cglory displaying His deity and His great power openly, and His disciples believed confidently in Him as the Messiah—they adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him. Deut 5:24; Ps 72:19

12 After this He went down to ^aCapernaum, He and His ^bmother and ^cbrothers and His ^ddisciples; and they stayed there a few days.

13 Now ^athe Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus ^bwent up to Jerusalem. 14 ^aAnd in the temple enclosure He found the ¹people who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at their tables. Matt 21:12ff; Mark 11:15, 17 15 He made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; 16 then to those who sold ^athe doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making ^bMy Father’s house a place of commerce!” Ps 93:5 17 His ^adisciples remembered that it is written in the Scriptures, “^bZEAL (love, concern) FOR YOUR HOUSE and its honor WILL CONSUME ME.” Ps 69:9 18 Then ^athe Jews retorted, “^bWhat sign (attesting miracle) can You show us as proof of your authority for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “^aDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then ^athe Jews replied, “It took ^bforty-six years to build this temple, and You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of ^athe temple which was His body. 22 So when He had risen from the dead, His ^adisciples ^bremembered what He had said. And they believed and trusted in and relied on ^cthe Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. Ps 16:10

23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^athe Passover feast, many believed in His name identifying themselves with Him after ^bseeing His signs (attesting miracles) which He was doing. 24 But Jesus, for His part, did not entrust Himself to them, because ^aHe knew all people and understood the ¹superficiality and fickleness of human nature, 25 and He did not need anyone to testify concerning man and human nature, ^afor He Himself knew what was in man in their hearts—in the very core of their being. 1+@Sam 16:7