2:1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
2:2 and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.
2:3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”
2:4 And Jesus *said to her, “ ①What business do you have with Me, woman? My hour has not yet come.”
▷ ①Lit What to Me and to you (an ancient idiom)
2:5 His mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.”
2:6 Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing ①two or three measures each.
▷ ①About 18 or 27 gallons each; or 68 or 102 liters
2:7 Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.
2:8 And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the ①headwaiter.” And they took it to him.
▷ ①I.e., manager of the banquet
2:9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the groom,
2:10 and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the guests are drunk, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
2:11 This beginning of His ①signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
▷ ①I.e., confirming miracles
2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother, and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
2:13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2:14 And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.
2:15 And He made a whip of ①cords, and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables;
▷ ①Or pieces of rope
2:16 and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a ①place of business!”
▷ ①Lit house
2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written: “ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.”
2:18 The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us ①as your authority for doing these things?”
▷ ①Lit that You do these
2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this ①temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
▷ ①Or sanctuary
2:20 The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this ①temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?”
▷ ①Or sanctuary
2:21 But He was speaking about the ①temple of His body.
▷ ①Or sanctuary
2:22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
2:23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they observed His signs which He was doing.
2:24 But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,
2:25 and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in mankind.