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In this detailed, elegantly written commentary J. Ramsey Michaels gives primary attention to the Gospel of John in its present form rather than to the sources or traditions behind it. Michaels examines both the Gospel’s literary character and its theological significance for the Christian community in its own time and through the ages. This landmark commentary—seventeen years in the making,...
More to the point is the sheer quantity of water required to fill the six31 jars. If each jar held “two or three measures” (a measure equaling about nine gallons), the total amount of water turned to wine would be enormous—somewhere between 110 and 160 gallons! If the Gospel writer had accented the water source instead of the water jars, there would have been no way to measure this amount. It appears that the sheer magnititude or extravagance of the miracle is one of the writer’s interests. We have
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