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In this addition to the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, two well-respected New Testament scholars interpret the Gospel of John in its historical and literary setting—and in light of the Church’s doctrinal, liturgical, and spiritual tradition. They unpack the wisdom of the fourth Gospel for the intellectual and spiritual transformation of its readers and connect the Gospel with a range of...

a definitive act of salvation, and its marriage imagery come together here to form a rich context within which John invites us to contemplate the wedding of Cana. [2:2] The first person mentioned as attending this wedding is the mother of Jesus; Jesus and his disciples are mentioned after her. Several things about John’s presentation of Jesus’ mother are significant. First, she appears only twice in the Gospel: at Cana and at the foot of the cross (19:25–27). Her presence in these two episodes is
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