Commentary Critical and Explanatory
John 2:2
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage - by special invitation, probably, at the instance of Jesus' mother.
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage - by special invitation, probably, at the instance of Jesus' mother.
Verse John 2:2. _AND BOTH JESUS WAS CALLED, AND HIS DISCIPLES_] There are several remarkable circumstances here. 1. This was probably the _first_ Christian wedding that was ever in the world. 2. Th...
HIS DISCIPLES - Those that he had made when in Judea. These were Peter, Andrew, Philip, and Nathanael. They were not yet called to be apostles, but they believed that he was the Messiah. The miracle p...
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...
BOTH JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE INVITED. He now had disciples, those called in the few days before, John, Andrew, Peter, Philip and Nathanael. As the invitation of Jesus is named apart from that of...
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...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
CALLED. invited. DISCIPLES. Probably six in number: viz. Andrew, Simon, Philip, Nathanael (John 1:40), with James and John (Mark 1:16). See App-141. TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104....
_and his disciples_ Now five or six in number, Andrew, John, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and probably James. For -both Jesus" read -Jesus also....
ἘΚΛΉΘΗ. Singular, as if the including of the disciples were an afterthought. There were now five or six; Andrew, John, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and probably James. ΔῈ ΚΑῚ Ὁ Ἰ. _And Jesus_ ALSO (John...
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...
ΕΚΛΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, приглашать. Обобщ. _aor._ относится к действию целиком. О моральной обязанности гостей приносить дары и о необходимости ответных даров _см._ LNT, 229-3...
JESUS WAS CALLED, AND HIS DISCIPLES,— _Was invited,_ &c. The persons called _his disciples,_ who were with him at this marriage, as also at Jerusalem, and who accompanied him to the distant parts of J...
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:...
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...
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...
WAS CALLED, or invited, after His arrival in Cana; but we may still think of Him, in whom purpose and result were one, as coming to Cana for the marriage. Nathanael would have known of it, and was per...
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...
ἐκλήθη δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν γάμον. “And both Jesus was invited and His disciples to the marriage.” To translate ἐκλήθη as a pluperfect “had been invited” is grammatically possi...
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. 2. “ _Now Jesus also was bidden to the marriage, as well as His disciples._ ” There is a contrast between the imperfect, _was there_, which is used in speaking of Mary, and the aorist _was bidden...
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...
_THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN_ ‘And both Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the marriage.’ John 2:2 The Christian must necessarily at times be sorely perplexed in regard to what is right a...
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...
AND BOTH JESUS WAS CALLED,.... Or invited, as being a relation, according to the flesh: AND HIS DISCIPLES, TO THE MARRIAGE; who were bidden, on his account; and they seem to be these, Andrew, and the...
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. Ver. 2. _Jesus was called_] That was the way to have all sanctified, 1 Timothy 4:3, and disorders prevented. _Cave, spectat Cato, _ Bewa...
John 2:1, 2. _Concerning the marriage at Cana of Galilee._ The company here at this wedding may represent the church of Christ, who are often represented as the guests called together to a marriage fe...
_And the third day_ Namely, after Christ's coming into Galilee, and discoursing there with Nathanael, as related above; _there was a marriage in Cana_ A town which originally belonged to the tribe of...
Marriage is an ordinance of divine appointment, and a means of great usefulness and happiness. At weddings, the presence and blessing of Jesus Christ should always be sought, and every thing conducted...
THE MARRIAGE AT CANA. The invitation:...
AND BOTH JESUS WAS CALLED, AND HIS DISCIPLES, TO THE MARRIAGE. On the third day after the incidents which were narrated last; for so long it took for the journey from Judea, if this was made in a leis...
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...
Whether only the five disciples mentioned in the former chapter, or some others also, the Scripture doth not say. Christ and his disciples being at this marriage feast, both lets us know that feasting...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself to walk even as He also walked."[211] Origen Against Celsus Book III ...
John 2:2 Now G1161 both G2532 Jesus G2424 and G2532 His G846 disciples G3101 invited G2564 (G5681) to...
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 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 marriage.' Note once again the time element, ‘on the...
John 2:2. AND JESUS ALSO WAS CALLED, AND HIS DISCIPLES, TO THE MARRIAGE. The form of the sentence shows that our chief attention is to be fixed on Jesus, not on the disciples. They were invited as His...
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...
JESUS ALSO WAS BIDDEN (εκληθη κα ο Ιησους). First aorist passive indicative of καλεω, "was also invited" as well as his mother and because of her presence, possibly at her suggestion.AND HIS DISCIP...
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 AND HIS DISCIPLES HAD ALSO BEEN INVITED. Jesus now had disciples with him: John, Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael....
_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...
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,...
1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Colossians 3:17; Hebrews 13:4;...
Was called. Rev., bidden. After His return from the Baptist. His disciples. In honor of Jesus....
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 and his disciples were invited to the marriage — Christ does not take away human society, but sanctifies it. Water might have quenched thirst; yet our Lord allows wine; especially at a festival...