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John 2:1
And the third day there was a marriage in Calla of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there;
And the third day there was a marriage in Calla of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there;
CHAPTER II. _The miracle at Cana in Galilee, where our Lord changed water_ _into wine_, 1-11. _He goes to Capernaum_, 12. _He purges the temple at the feast of the passover_, 13-17. _The Jews req...
AND THE THIRD DAY - On the third day after his conversation with Nathanael. CANA - This was a small town about 15 miles northwest of Tiberias and 6 miles northeast of Nazareth. It is now called Kerr K...
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...
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST MIRACLE (John 2:1-11) "On the third day" after the events narrated in the closing portion of the last chapter there occurred the first exercise of miraculous power on the part...
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...
THE THIRD DAY. Of this first week: i.e. the third day after the last event (John 1:4), i.e. the seventh day. Compare the 1st (John 1:19); 2nd (29-34); 3rd (John 1:35); 4th ...
John 2:1-11. The Testimony of the First Sign 1. _the third day_ From the calling of Philip (John 1:43), the last date given, making a week in all; the first week, perhaps in contrast to the last week...
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...
ΤΗ͂Ι ΤΡΊΤΗΙ. From the calling of Philip (John 1:43), the last date mentioned, making a week in all; the first week, possibly in contrast to the last (John 12:1). ΚΑΝΑ͂Ι Τ. ΓΑΛ. To distinguish it from...
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...
ΓΆΜΟΣ (G1062) свадьба. Об иудейских свадебных обычаях _см._ SB 2:372-79; IDB, 3:285f; LNT, 228-46; H.Granquist, Marriage Conditions in a Palestinian Village 2 vols. (New York: AMS Press, 1975), 1931-3...
AND THE THIRD DAY THERE WAS A MARRIAGE— On the third day after Jesus and his disciples arrived in Galilee, they went to a _marriage feast_ (see on Matthew 22:1.) in _Cana;_ which is mentioned, Joshua...
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:...
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: The time of this section is clearly expressed in the opening verse; and here, again, let the reader not...
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 THIRD DAY] It was a three-days' journey from Judæa to Galilee. CANA] now Kana-el-Jelil, a village 9 m. NW. of Nazareth, called 'of Galilee' to distinguish it from Cana (Kanah) in Asher (Joshua 19:...
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...
II. (1) THE THIRD DAY — _i.e.,_ from the last note of time in John 1:43, giving one clear day between the call of Philip and the day of the marriage. CANA OF GALILEE has been identified with both _Kâ...
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...
As usual John specifies time and place and circumstance. The time was τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ. The Greeks reckoned σήμερον, αὔριον, τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. So Luke 13:32, ἰάσεις επιτελῶ σήμερον καὶ αὔριον, καὶ τῇ τ...
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...
And (1) the (a) third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: (1) Christ, declaring openly in an assembly by a notable miracle that he has power over the natur...
_The Mother of Jesus was present. It is supposed she was then a widow, since in all the rest of the history of Jesus, not a single word occurs respecting St. Joseph. (Calmet)_...
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...
“ _And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there._ ” A distance of somewhat more than twenty leagues, in a straight line, separates the place where John...
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...
CONTENTS Christ at a Marriage Feast, converteth Water into Wine. He departeth to Capernaum. He drives the Buyers and Sellers from the Temple....
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...
1._There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. _As this narrative contains the first miracle which Christ performed, it would be proper for us, were it on this ground alone, to consider the narrative att...
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 THE THIRD DAY THERE WAS A MARRIAGE,.... Either from the second testimony bore by John the Baptist concerning Christ, and from the call of Simon Peter, which seem to be of the same date; see John 1...
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: Ver. 1. _There was a marriage_] Whether St John's marriage, I have not to say. Some will have it so....
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...
THE THIRD DAY; after the events recorded in the last chapter. CANA OF GALILEE; a town west of the sea of Galilee, a few miles north of Nazareth; so called to distinguish it from Cana, near Sidon....
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...
JOHN CHAPTER 2 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Christ turneth water into wine in Cana of Galilee. 1 THESSALONIANS 2:12 He goeth to Capernaum. 1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 Thence to Jerusalem
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Wherefore we have need of the dew of God, that we be not consumed by fire, nor be rendered unfruitful, and that where we have an accuser there we may have also an A...
John 2:1 G2532 third G5154 day G2250 was G1096 (G5633) wedding G1062 in G1722 Cana G2580 Galilee...
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...
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...
John 2:1. AND THE THIRD DAY. The third day, as reckoned from the day last mentioned (chap. John 1:43-51); the _sixth_ day referred to in these Chapter s. The first is the day of the Baptist's intervie...
THE THIRD DAY (τη ημερα τη τριτη). "On the day the third" (locative case), from the start to Galilee when Philip was found (John 1:43), seven days since John 1:19.THERE WAS A MARRIAGE (γαμος εγενε...
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...
TWO DAYS LATER. [Two days later = the third day.] This is two days later, measured from the calling of Philip (John 1:43). The "days" mentioned in the first two Chapter s of John make a week, and may...
_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...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:1 This is the THIRD DAY—that is, two days after Jesus met Nathanael (John 1:43)....
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 Timothy 4:1; Ephesians 5:30; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 1:28; Genesis
The third day. Reckoning from the last day mentioned (i. 43). A marriage [γ α μ ο ς]. Or marriage festival, including a series of entertainments, and therefore often found in the plural. See on Matth...
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 the third day — After he had said this. In Cana of Galilee — There were two other towns of the same name, one in the tribe of Ephraim, the other in Caelosyria....
The former part of this chapter acquaints us with the first miracle which our Saviour wrought, in turning water into wine; the occasion of it was, his being invited to. marriage-feast. Here note, 1....