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The Gospel according to John (I–XII): Introduction, Translation and Notes is unavailable, but you can change that!

In the first volume of Raymond E. Brown’s magisterial commentary on the Gospel According to John, all of the major Johannine questions—of authorship, composition, dating, the relationship of John to the Synoptics (Mark, Matthew, and Luke)—are discussed. The important theories of modern biblical scholarship concerning John are weighed against the evidence given in the text and against prevailing...

fact, and yet it must be honestly noted that the evangelist does nothing to stress the power of Mary’s intercession at Cana. If the miracle is a response to her persistent faith, this motif is not made explicit, as it is in the Synoptic examples. Even Mary’s final words, “Do whatever he tells you,” stress the sovereignty of Jesus and not Mary’s impetration; and indeed, it seems to be precisely the willingness to rely on Jesus’ sovereignty that prepares the way for the miracle. Schnackenburg (pp.
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