This was the first miracle which Jesus had performed in public, and to manifest his glory; but Maldonatus is of opinion that he had before wrought many miracles, known to the blessed Virgin and St. Joseph; which gave her the confidence to ask one now. This opinion is no way contrary to the evangelist. His disciples believed in him. They had believed in him before or they would not have followed him. This confirmed their faith. (Calmet)
Verse John 2:11. _THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES_] It was probably the first he ever wrought:-at any rate, it was the first he wrought _after_ _his baptism_, and the first he wrought _publicly_. _HIS GLO...
THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES - This his first public miracle. This is declared by the sacred writer to be a “miracle” - that is, an exertion of divine power, producing a change of the substance of water...
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2:1-22 _ 1. The Marriage in Cana. (John 2:1 .)_ 2. The Temple Cleansed. (John 2:12 .) The second chapter gives the record of the first miracle reported in this Gospel. He manifest...
THE MARRIAGE AT CANA. On the third day the promise to Nathanael of greater things to follow is fulfilled. Modern exploration has suggested three sites for Cana, all of them near Nazareth, and to the N...
THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES. This was the first miracle of Christ. The stories told in Catholic fables and in the Apocryphal New Testament are baseless. He had refused to make bread to feed his own hun...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
Two days after this there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee; and Jesus' mother was there. And Jesus was invited to the wedding and so were his disciples. When the wine had run short, Jesus' mother said...
BEGINNING, &c. Our attention is thus called to the order. MIRACLES. the signs.. characteristic word in this Gospel. See p. 1511, and App-176. MANIFESTED FORTH. See App-106. Compare John 21:1; John 2...
_This beginning_, &c. Better, THIS, AS A BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS, _did Jesus in Cana_; i.e. it is the first miracle of all, not merely the first at Cana. Thus S. John agrees with the Synoptists in repr...
John 2:1-11. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FIRST SIGN Jesus is passing from the retirement in which He has lived so long into the publicity of His ministry. The scene which follows lies halfway between—in the...
ΤΑΎΤΗΝ ἘΠ. ἈΡΧ. Τ. Σ. THIS AS A BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS DID JESUS: it is the first miracle of all, not merely the first in Cana. This is quite conclusive against the miracles of Christ’s childhood reco...
Ver 5. His mother said to the servants, Whatsoever he says to you, do it. 6. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three fir...
_JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE -- JOHN 2:1-11:_ On the third day after Jesus' discussion with Nathanael Jesus performed His first miracle. The miracle was at a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Mary, the mother of J...
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Обобщ. _aor._ обзначает действия целиком, ΆΡΧ (G746) начало (предполагается, что должны были последовать еще чудеса), ΣΗΜΕΊΟΝ (G4592) знамение, чуд...
DISCOURSE: 1605 THE WATER TURNED INTO WINE John 2:11. _This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his Disciples believed on him_. AFTER thirty years...
AND MANIFESTED FORTH HIS GLORY:— That is, demonstrated his power and character to the conviction of the disciples, and in some sense and degree to that of all the guests. This being the first miracle...
THE MIRACLE PERFORMED _TEXT 2:6-11_ 6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews-' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill t...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 2:1-11 First of all we will give a brief and simple Analysis of the passage before us:— We propose to expound the passage before us from a threefold viewpoint:...
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES DID JESUS IN CANA OF GALILEE, AND MANIFESTED F...
1 Cana, in Hebrew, means "acquire". The marriage feast is a sign of the time when the Son acquires the kingdom, and as the bridegroom is elated over the bride, so will He be elated over Israel (Isa_62...
2:11 on (b-19) _ Eis_ . see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
THE WEDDING AT CANA. THE TEMPLE CLEANSED 1-11. The marriage at Cana. This miracle is not recorded by the synoptists because it occurred before the beginning of the ministry proper. St. John records it...
BEGINNING OF MIRACLES] lit. 'signs.' Clearly Christ wrought no miracles in His childhood, as the Apocryphal Gospels assert. St. John calls our Lord's miracles 'signs,' because they indicate something...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 JESUS CHANGES WATER SO THAT IT BECOMES WINE 2:1-12 V1 The next day, there was a wedding in Cana in *Galilee. Jesus’ m...
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, or, more exactly, _This did Jesus in Cana of Galilee as the beginning of His signs._ The form of the sentence makes it certain that it is the a...
CHAPTER 5 THE FIRST SIGN-THE MARRIAGE IN CANA. “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the marr...
No answer of the bridegroom is recorded, nor any detail of the impression made, but John notes the incident as “the beginning of signs”. ταύτην εποίησεν ἀρχήν, deleting the article with Tisch [34] and...
JESUS BLESSES SOCIAL JOYS John 2:1-11 The keyword here is _signs,_ John 2:11, r.v. translated in the Authorized Version as _miracles._ They are windows into the eternal purpose. The Lord loved to joi...
At Cana our Lord wrought what John describes as the "beginning of His signs." It was a sign of power in the realm of creation, and of it being exercised in answer to faith. It was a sign, moreover, of...
CHAPTER 8 THE MARRIAGE AT CANA 0F GALILEE John 2:1-12. _“On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.”_ This marriage was the third day after His depar...
THIRD SECTION: 2:1-11. THE FIRST MIRACLE. STRENGTHENING OF FAITH. Jesus, after having been declared by John to be the Messiah, manifested Himself as such to His first disciples; an utterance of miracu...
VER. 11. “ _This first of his miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee_, _and he manifested his glory, and his disciples believed on him._ ” John characterizes under four important relations the miracle...
And the third day there was marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. (2) And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3) And when they wanted wine, the mother...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
_MANIFESTATION OF GLORY_ ‘This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.’ John 2:11 All the miracles that our Lord wroug...
11._This beginning of miracles. _The meaning is, that this was the first of Christ’s miracles; for when the angels announced to the shepherds that he was born in Bethlehem, (Luke 2:8,) when the _star...
The third day we find in chapter 2. A marriage takes place in Galilee. Jesus is there; and the water of purification is changed into the wine of joy for the marriage-feast. Afterwards at Jerusalem He...
THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES,.... This miracle of turning water into wine, was the first miracle Christ ever wrought, either in public or private; for as for what miracles he is said to do in his infanc...
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. Ver. 11. _This beginning, &c._] For as for his miraculous disputation with...
_This beginning of miracles did Jesus_, &c. Grotius supposes the meaning to be, that this was the first miracle wrought at Cana, another being afterward mentioned, John 4:46. But it is plain there mus...
MANIFESTED FORTH HIS GLORY; showed his divine power, and thus proved himself to be the Messiah. It is never said in the Scriptures, that any mere creature ever wrought miracles to show forth his own g...
THIS BEGINNING OF MIRACLES DID JESUS IN CANA OF GALILEE, AND MANIFESTED FORTH HIS GLORY; AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED ON HIM. The number of the water-pots would be immaterial but for the fact that the e...
The miracle and its effect:...
A MARRIAGE ON THE THIRD DAY (vs.1-12) Now we are told of a third day, and a marriage in Cana. This is typical of Israel's new relationship with their Messiah and the receiving of the joy of His mirac...
1-11 It is very desirable when there is a marriage, to have Christ own and bless it. Those that would have Christ with them at their marriage, must invite him by prayer, and he will come. While in th...
The sense is not, that this was the first miracle which Christ wrought in Cana of Galilee; but this was the first miracle which Christ wrought after he was entered upon the public ministry, and it was...
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop Hast thou not read, that "he who hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because t...
John 2:11 This G5026 beginning G746 signs G4592 Jesus G2424 did G4160 (G5656) in G1722 Cana G2580 Galilee...
‘This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed openly his glory, and his disciples believed on him.' The whole account illustrates to John that here is One Who will take the o...
HELPING AT A WEDDING AND CLEANSING THE TEMPLE - JOHN 2 The Wedding at Cana (John 2:1). The incident at the wedding in Cana of Galilee is said by the writer to be the first of Jesus' ‘signs'. This bri...
John 2:11. THIS DID JESUS AS THE BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS, IN CANA OF GALILEE, AND MANIFESTED HIS GLORY; AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED IN HIM. This, His first sign, was wrought in Galilee, where Isaiah (Jo...
The general subject of the second great division of the Gospel is continued in this section. It contains an account of the miracle at Cana of Galilee, in which, as we are told at John 2:11, Jesus ‘man...
THIS BEGINNING OF HIS SIGNS DID JESUS (ταυτην εποιησεν αρχην των σημειων ο Ιησους). Rather, "this Jesus did as a beginning of his signs," for there is no article between ταυτην and αρχην. "We have n...
John 2:11 I. Beyond doubt this was a miracle of sympathy; and, which perhaps we should not have expected, sympathy with festivity and joy. The hardest kind of sympathy, as everyone who has tried it kn...
Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. There was the hiding of his power. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. Now he has broken t...
CONTENTS: The marriage at Cana and the first miracle of Jesus. The passover and the purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: Jesus, mother, disciples. CONCLUSION: Those who expect the favors of Chris...
John 2:1. _The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee,_ when the sun of righteousness shone out with divine glory. Cana of Galilee is here mentioned to distinguish it from Cana near Sidonia...
JESUS PERFORMED THIS FIRST OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS IN CANA OF GALILEE. We think of Jesus as a "man of sorrows" [which is true, up to a point], but we see him perform his first miracle in the happy and fes...
_The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee._ THE MIRACLE AT CANA I. THE OCCASION ON WHICH THE MIRACLE WAS WROUGHT. 1. The time. The third day after the interview with Nathanael. 2. The...
_This beginning of miracles_ THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST Miracles are not only a proof but a part of revelation, and carry their own weight of truth quite independent of their testimony to the authority...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:11 SIGNS. Miracles (see vv. John 2:6; John 4:47;...
CHAPTER 2 _On the third day_, &c. _The third day_, that is, from Christ's departure for Galilee, and the calling of Philip. For this was the last date mentioned by S. John. The following is the sequen...
_This beginning_, &c.; _glory, i.e._, His Omnipotence and Divinity _. And believed_, _i.e._, their faith grew. _Beginning._ From hence the Fathers gather _passim_ that this miracle was absolutely the...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 2:1. τῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ—This note of time refers to John 1:43. He was evidently in Galilee when He found Philip; thus _the third day_ will mean the third after His...
EXPOSITION VERSES 2:1-3:4 _The testimony of signs to the glory of the Word made flesh._ JOHN 2:1 (1) _The first sign, the beginning of signs, Mastery over the old creation. Sign of love and power....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
1 John 5:13; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:6;...
This beginning. Or, more strictly, this as a beginning. Of miracles [σ η μ ε ι ω ν]. Rev., correctly, signs. See on Matthew 11:20; Matthew 24:24. This act was not merely a prodigy [τ ε ρ α ς], nor a w...
THE WATER TURNED INTO WINE John 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this Scripture the first miracle which Christ wrought is recorded, and it is a miracle full of marvelous significance. Our opening verse re...
And his disciples believed — More steadfastly....