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John 2:1–11

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The First Sign: Turning Water into Wine

2On the third day a wedding took place in Cana iof Galilee. jJesus’ mother kwas there, and 2Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. 3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

4“What has this concern of yours to do with Me, lm•woman?” nJesus asked. “My hour ohas 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. pEach contained 20 or 30 gallons. q

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 chief servant.” rAnd they did.

9When the chief servant 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 have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

11Jesus performed this first sign sin Cana tof Galilee. uHe displayed vHis glory, wand His disciples believed in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. l2:4 Or You and I see things differently; What to Me and to you; Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; 5:7; Lk 8:28
  2. •When used in direct address, “Woman” was not a term of disrespect but of honor.
  3. o2:4 The time of His sacrificial death and exaltation; Jn 7:30; 8:20; 12:23, 27; 13:1; 17:1
  4. q2:6 2 or 3 measures
  5. r2:8 ruler of the table; perhaps master of the feast, or headwaiter
  6. s2:11 this beginning of the signs; Jn 4:54; 20:30. Seven miraculous signs occur in John’s Gospel and are so noted in the headings.

Cross references

  1. i2:1 Jn 2:11; 4:46; 21:2
  2. j2:1 Mt 17:22
  3. k2:1 Mt 1:16
  4. m2:4 2Sm 16:10; 19:22
  5. n2:4 Jn 19:26
  6. p2:6 Lv 13–14; Heb 1:3
  7. t2:11 Jn 2:1; 21:2
  8. u2:11 Mt 17:22
  9. v2:11 2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2
  10. w2:11 Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24