Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 2:4
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine (b) hour is not yet come.
(b) My appointed time.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine (b) hour is not yet come.
(b) My appointed time.
Verse John 2:4. _WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE?_] τι εμοι και σοι γυναι: _O, woman, what is this to thee and me_? This is an abrupt denial, as if he had said: "WE are not employed to provide the...
WOMAN - This term, as used here, seems to imply reproof, as if she was interfering in that which did not properly concern her; but it is evident that no such reproof or disrespect was intended by the...
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...
WOMAN, WHAT HAVE. TO DO WITH THEE? These words in our language sound harsh and almost rude, but the term rendered _woman_ was so respectful that it might be addressed to the queenliest, and so gentle...
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...
WOMAN. Quite. respectful form _of_ address. Not as in Eng. In Greek authors. Madam. what, &c.. Hebraism (2 Samuel 16:10). MINE HOUR, &c. Marking. crisis, which is noted in John 2:11. A characteristic...
_Woman, what have I to do with thee?_ S. John alone of all the Evangelists never gives the Virgin's name. Here, as so often, he assumes that his readers know the main points in the Gospel narrative: o...
ΤΊ ἘΜΟῚ Κ. ΣΟΊ, ΓΎΝΑΙ; S. John alone of all the Evangelists never gives the Virgin’s name. Here, as so often, he assumes that his readers know the main points in the Gospel narrative: or it may be par...
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...
VER 1. AND THE THIRD DAY THERE WAS A 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...
_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...
ΤΊ ΈΜΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΟΊ "что это значит для Меня и Тебя?" ("Ты не имеешь права упрекать Меня ни в чем. Я позабочусь об этой проблеме".) Это ответ-возражение, где содержится требование немедленно отстать от Нег...
WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE?— The compellation with which Jesus addressed his mother, sounds harsh in our language, because with us it is never used, where respect is meant to be shewn. Neverth...
MARY'S EXPECTATIONS REBUKED BY JESUS _Text 2:1-5_ 1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples to...
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:...
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, [ gunai (G1135)] - no term of disrespect in the language of that day. (See John 19:...
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...
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...
WOMAN] A very gentle rebuke, but still a rebuke. Now that His ministry has actually begun, not even His mother may presume to suggest or control His course of action: cp. Matthew 12:46; Luke 11:27. 'W...
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...
WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? — This is an old battle-ground between Protestant and Romanist expositors. The former have found in each clause of the sentence a condemnation of Mariolatry; the la...
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...
His complete reply is, τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, γύναι; οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου. γύναι is a term of respect, not equivalent to our “woman”. See chap. John 19:26; John 20:13; Luke 13:12. In the Greek tragedians it...
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...
Some of the Fathers have spoken without sufficient precaution on this action of the blessed Virgin; supposing she was actuated by some inclination to vanity, in begging her Son perform a miracle on th...
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...
VER. 4. “ _Jesus saith to her: What is there between me and thee, woman? My hour is not yet come._ ” Jesus makes Mary sensible of her incompetency in the region into which she intrudes. The career on...
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...
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...
4._Woman, what have I to do with thee? _Why does Christ repel her so rashly? I reply, though she was not moved by ambition, nor by any carnal affection, still she did wrong in going beyond her proper...
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...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN,.... Calling her "woman", as it was no ways contrary to her being a virgin, Galatians 4:4, so it was no mark of disrespect; it being an usual way of speaking with the Jews,...
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. Ver. 4. _What have I to do with thee? &c._] Is it fit to prescribe to the only wise God? to send for the king by a...
John 2:4. "Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come." This expression, as it was used in those times, carried nothing of disrespect by what was then understo...
_And when they wanted wine_ It is probable that, in consequence of its being known that Jesus would be present at this feast, a greater resort of company came than was expected, and that this occasion...
WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? an intimation that he cannot allow her or any other person to direct in regard to the exercise of his divine power. MINE HOUR; his time to furnish wine by a miracl...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? MINE HOUR IS NOT YET COME....
The embarrassing situation:...
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...
That it was ordinary with the Jews, speaking to women, to call them by the name of their sex, is plain from Matthew 15:28 Luke 13:12 Luke 22:57 1
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III of the cup of emblematic significance, the Lord, checking her untimely haste, said, "Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come"[292] Clement of...
John 2:4 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) her G846 Woman G1135 what G5101 have G1698 with G2532 Me...
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...
‘And Jesus says to her, ‘Woman, what is there to you and to me, my hour is not yet come.' That Mary's words are not just a quiet remark to her son comes out in the reply He made. It makes clear that H...
John 2:4. AND JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? The English words convey an impression of disrespect and harshness which is absent from the original. This use of the Greek word...
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...
WOMAN (γυνα). Vocative case of γυνη, and with no idea of censure as is plain from its use by Jesus in John 19:26. But the use of γυνα instead of μητερ (Mother) does show her she can no longer exerc...
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...
YOU MOST NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO, WOMAN. This sounds harsh and rude in our language, but "woman" is a term of gentle respect (John 19:26), even though Jesus is mildly scolding his human mother here. Th...
_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...
_The mother of Jesus saith unto Him they have no wine_ I. THE MIRACLE WAS WROUGHT AT THE SUGGESTION OF A MOTHER, and was the result of the promptings of human affection. The first influence that reac...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:4 MY HOUR HAS NOT YET COME. In John, Jesus’ “hour” is the time of his crucifixion, when his saving work is completed (see John 7:30;...
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...
_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,...
2 Corinthians 5:16; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:22; Deuteronomy 33:9;...
Woman. Implying no severity nor disrespect. Compare John 20:13; John 20:15. It was a highly respectful and affectionate mode of address. What have I to do with thee [τ ι ε μ ο ι κ α ι σ ο ι]. Literall...
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...
Jesus saith to her, Woman — So our Lord speaks also, John 19:26. It is probable this was the constant appellation which he used to her. He regarded his Father above all, not knowing even his mother af...