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John 2:13
And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
Verse John 2:13. _AND THE JEWS' PASSOVER WAS AT HAND_] This was the reason why he stayed but a _few days_ at Capernaum, John 2:12, as he wished to be present at the celebration of this feast at Jerusa...
THE JEWS’ PASSOVER - The feast among the Jews called the Passover. See the notes at Matthew 26:2. AND JESUS WENT UP TO JERUSALEM - Every male among the Jews was required to appear at this feast. Jesus...
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 CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. The Passover of the Jews as an author writing for Christians naturally describes it without special significance or bias, was near. Jesus, following the custom of the reli...
THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. The Gospels are silent concerning any visit of Jesus after his twelfth year until the first Passover after his ministry began. The Lord, after his baptism, the temptation,...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples; and they stayed there for a short time. The Passover Feast of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusa...
THE JEWS' PASSOVER. After the revival under Ezra and Nehemiah corruption proceeded apace (see notes on p. 1296), and the Lord found the nation as described in Malachi. Hence, what were once "the feast...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 3:36. The Work among Jews 13. _And the Jews" passover_ Or, _the Passover_ OF THE JEWS. An indication that this Gospel was written outside Palestine: one writing in the country would...
ΤῸ ΠΆΣΧΑ Τ. Ἰ. _The passover_ OF THE JEWS. Perhaps an indication that this Gospel was written after a Passover _of the Christians_ had come into recognition. Passovers were active times in Christ’s mi...
VER 12. AFTER THIS HE WENT DOWN TO CAPERNAUM, HE, AND HIS MOTHER, AND HIS BRETHREN, AND HIS DISCIPLES: AND THEY CONTINUED THERE NOT MANY DAYS. 13. AND THE JEWS' PASSOVER WAS AT HAND, AND JESUS WENT UP...
_JESUS' FIRST PASSOVER DURING HIS PERSONAL MINISTRY -- JOHN 2:12-17:_ Jesus' attendance at this Jewish feast showed His faithfulness and righteousness. His presence also declared the value of worship...
ΠΆΣΧΑ (G3957) пасха. Этот праздник отмечали 14-15 нисана (Exodus 12:6). У Иоанна упоминаются еще две пасхи (6:4; 11:55; 12:1; 13:1). О пасхальных паломничествах _см._ WZZT. По поводу празднования Пасх...
CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE _Text 2:13-17_ 13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 2:12-25 "After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days" (John 2:12). This...
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, AND THE JEWS' PASSOVER (AS TO WHICH SEE THE NOTE AT ), WAS AT HAND. Here begins our Evangelist's distinct mention of the successi...
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...
FIRST PASSOVER AND FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. For a full commentary, see on Matthew 21:12. By a striking sign our Lord at the very outset of His ministry brought His claims before the whole nation...
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...
AND THE JEWS’ PASSOVER WAS AT HAND. — Here, again, we are on common ground with the earlier Gospels. They place a cleansing of the Temple at the close of our Lord’s ministry at the only Passover which...
CHAPTER 6 THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. “After this He went down to Capernaum, He, and His mother, and His brethren, and His disciples: and there they abode not many days. And the Passover of the Jews...
RIGHT AND WRONG USES OF GOD'S HOUSE John 2:12-22 This market was established in the Temple courts, and many evils were associated with it. The animals were sold at exorbitant prices, which made the d...
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...
(3) And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, (3) Christ being made subject to the law for us, satisfies the law of the passover....
PURIFICATION 0F THE TEMPLE John 2:13-25. _“And the Passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ The Passover began April 14th, through all the ages of Israel, celebrating the exodu...
SECOND CYCLE: 2:12-4:54. This second cycle is naturally divided into three sections: 1. The ministry of Jesus in _Judea_, John 2:12 to John 3:36; 2. The return through _Samaria: John 4:1-42_; 3. Th...
FIRST SECTION: 2:12-3:36. JESUS IN JUDEA. Here again, as in the preceding story, the course of the narrative is steadily continuous and its historical development accurately graduated. Jesus first app...
VER. 13. “ _And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ ” John says: _of the Jews_, with reference to his Gentile readers, with whom he identifies himself in the feeling o...
It was at Jerusalem and in the temple, that the Messiah's ministry must open. “The Lord whom ye seek,” Malachi had said (John 3:1-3), “shall enter _into his temple_.... he _shall purify_ the sons of L...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XI. Beginning with John 2:13, the account of the first visit of Jesus to Jerusalem is given. There can be little doubt that the five or six disciples were wit...
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. (13) And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jer...
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...
13._And the passover of the Jews was at hand; therefore Jesus went up to Jerusalem. _The Greek words καὶ ἀνέβη, may be literally rendered, and _he went up_; but the Evangelist has used the copulative...
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 JEWS' PASSOVER WAS AT HAND,.... That feast which was kept on the fourteenth day of Nisan, in commemoration of the Lord's passing over, and by the houses of the Israelites, when he slew the fir...
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, Ver. 13. _And Jesus went up to Jerusalem_] In obedience to the law, and to preach the gospel in the great congregation....
_After this he went down to Capernaum_ A city that lay near the north part of the sea of Galilee, and on the south border of the land of Naphthali. See note on Matthew 4:13. Here Christ and his discip...
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...
12-22 The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now ma...
Concerning the Jewish passover we have once and again spoken in our notes on the other evangelists. The institution of it was EXODUS 12:1. It was to be solemnized yearly in the place which the Lord sh...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III But those who act contrary to these things-the avaricious, the liars, the hypocrites, those who make merchandise of the truth-the Lord cast out of His Fa...
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‘And the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.' John constantly tells us that Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the different Feasts of the Jews, and especially for the Passov...
THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (JOHN 2:13). It is difficult to avoid the feeling that this narrative is given here on close proximity to what has gone before because it illustrates the fulfilment of the...
In the passage before us we have the first section of the third great division of our Gospel. Jesus leaves the circle of His disciples, and begins His public work. This is done at Jerusalem, after a f...
John 2:13. AND THE PASSOVER OF THE JEWS WAS AT HAND, AND JESUS WENT UP TO JERUSALEM. The expression, ‘passover of _the Jews,_ is very remarkable, and can be explained only by the usage already noticed...
THE PASSOVER OF THE JEWS (το πασχα των Ιουδαιων). The Synoptics do not give "of the Jews," but John is writing after the destruction of the temple and for Gentile readers. John mentions the passover...
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...
IT WAS ALMOST TIME. This will be Jesus' first Passover since he began his public ministry. Only John tells us about this first purifying of the temple. See notes on Matthew 21:12-13....
_The Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ CHRIST’S FIRST PASSOVER I. HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE PASSOVER, One of the three great annual festivals which all males were required to...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:13 Matthew, Mark, and Luke record a second clearing of the temple, just prior to the crucifixion (see Mark 11:15 and parallels). By clearing the temple, Jesus displays prophetic pa...
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 2:12. CAPERNAUM.—Cod. א, B, read καφαρ ναούμ, _i.e._ the kaphar or village of Nahum. Two sites especially have been fixed upon as the best representatives of the...
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,...
Deuteronomy 16:16; Deuteronomy 16:1; Exodus 12:6; John 11:55; John
The Jews ' passover. On John's use of the term Jews, see on 1 19. So it is used here with an under - reference to the national religion as consisting in mere ceremonies. The same hint underlies the wo...
THE FATHER'S HOUSE John 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The connecting link. The connecting verse between the last study and this one, is John 2:12. In that verse we read that Jesus went to Capernaum, H...