θεωρούντες praes. act. part. от θεωρέω (G2334) видеть. Part, имеет причинное или временное значение. Praes. указывает на одновременность действия. См. Donald Guthrie, "Importance of Signs in the Fourth Gospel" VoxE 5 (1967): 72-83; Zane C. Hodges, "Untrustworthy Believers Joh 2,2325" Bib Sac 135 (1978): 139ff. έποίει impf. ind. act. от ποιέω, см. John 2:18. Прогрессивный impf. придает живость описанию действия, протекавшего в прошлом.
Verse John 2:23. _MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME_] They believed him to be the _promised Messiah_, but did not believe in him to the salvation of their souls: for we find, from the following verse, that th...
FEAST-DAY - Feast. During the celebration of the Passover, which continued eight days. MIRACLES WHICH HE DID - These miracles are not particularly recorded. Jesus took occasion to work miracles, and t...
II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED: What it is and What it Includes Chapter 2:23-17 The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST VISIT TO JERUSALEM. The result of the Lord's visit to Jerusalem at the Passover and His work there was that many believed on his name, _i.e._ they were convinced that He was t...
MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES. The miracles that he worked at this Passover season are not recorded, but this passage affirms them, as well as John 3:2. Their belief was rather...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
When he was in Jerusalem, at the Passover, at the Feast, many believed in his name, as they saw the signs which he did; but Jesus himself would not entrust himself to them, because he knew them all, a...
NOW WHEN, &c. Note the Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) in the triple definitions (for emph.) AT. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. BELIEVED IN. See App-150. Same as John 2:11, denoting. definite act. I...
Belief without Devotion 23. _in Jerusalem at_, &c. More accurately, _in Jerusalem, at the Passover_, DURING _the Feast_. Note the exactness of detail. _when they saw the miracles_ None of these have...
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...
BELIEF WITHOUT TRUST...
ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἹΕΡΟΣΟΛΎΜΟΙΣ for ἐν Ἱερ. S. John alone gives Ἱεροσόλυμα the article, here, John 5:2; John 10:22; John 11:18; contrast John 1:19;...
VER 23. NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER, ON THE FEAST DAY, MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID. 24. BUT JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF TO THEM, BECAUSE HE KNE...
_JESUS' FIRST DISCIPLES IN JERUSALEM -- JOHN 2:23-25:_ The miracles of Jesus Christ produced faith in His name. Later Nicodemus said, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one c...
IN THE FEAST-DAY,— _At the festival,_— εν τη εορτη. Dr. Heylin renders it _at the festival of the passover._ See on Matthew 26:5. The miracles here spoken of, as well as those Ch. John 3:2 and John 4:...
GENERAL JUDEAN MINISTRY _Text 2:23-25_ 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did. 24 But Jesus did not trust h...
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER, IN THE FEAST [DAY],...
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...
2:23 on (b-15) _ 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...
Many believe on Jesus, but with imperfect faith. 23. In the feast _day_] RV 'during the feast,' which lasted a week....
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...
IN THE FEAST DAY. — Omit the word “day” after feast. The italics show that there is no word to express it in the Greek, and it gives the impression of one day, whereas the feast extended over a week....
CHAPTER 7 NICODEMUS. “Now when He was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on His name, beholding His signs which He did. But Jesus did not trust Himself unto them, for that...
Time, place, and circumstance are again given. ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐν τοῖς Ἰεροσολύμοις ἐν τῷ πάσχα ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ. The last clause is added with a reference to John 2:13. Then the feast was near, now it had arrive...
NEW LIFE FROM ABOVE THE NEED OF ALL John 2:23-25; John 3:1-8 A solemn question is suggested by John 2:24. Can Jesus trust Himself to us? We must show ourselves worthy of His trust. In John 3:1-36; Jo...
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...
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...
are a preamble. It is the general picture of the activity of the Lord at Jerusalem, following after His undertaking in the temple. Then, in the following passage, John 3:1-21, John gives the remarkabl...
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...
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...
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...
VER. 23. “ _As he was in Jerusalem, at the Passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, seeing the miracles which he did._ ” The first clause of the verse contains three designations. One is tha...
Now when he was at Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. (24) But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all...
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...
_IMPERFECT FAITH_ ‘When He was in Jerusalem … many believed in His name.… But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them.’ John 2:23 Early believers at Jerusalem. As to whom, notice— I. THE OBJECT OF...
23._Many believed. _The Evangelist appropriately connects this narrative with the former. Christ had not given such a sign as the Jews demanded; and now, when he produced no good effect on them by man...
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...
NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER,.... Whither he went, in order to keep it, that being at hand, and now come; see John 2:13; IN THE FEAST DAY; either on the day the Chagigah was eaten, wh...
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast _day_, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. Ver. 23. _Many believed_] _Fides fair minime fida, quippe histori...
_When he was in Jerusalem, in the feast-day_ Or rather, during the feast, as εν τη εορτη, should undoubtedly be translated: that is, during all the days of the solemnity; _many believed in his name_ W...
The result of Christ's manifestation in Jerusalem:...
NOW, WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER, IN THE FEAST-DAY, MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID....
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...
23-25 Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false f...
To believe in Christ's name, and to believe in Christ himself, are one and the same thing; as it is the same to call upon God, and to call upon the name of God: so ACTS 3:16. The meaning is, that they...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II First of all, after He had made the water wine at Cana of Galilee, He went up to the festival day of the passover, on which occasion it is written, "For many believe...
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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...
‘Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast many believed on his name when they saw the signs which he did, but Jesus did not trust himself to them because he knew all men, and bec...
John 2:23. NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER, AT THE FEAST, MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, BEHOLDING HIS SIGNS WHICH HE DID. In this verse we pass from the public presentation of Jesus to the p...
It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus turns...
IN JERUSALEM (εν τοις Ιεροσολυμοις). The form Ιεροσολυμα as in John 2:13 always in this Gospel and in Mark, and usually in Matthew, though Ιερουσαλημ only in Revelation, and both forms by Luke and...
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...
MANY BELIEVED IN HIM. These "mighty works" are mentioned again in John 3:4, but nothing else is known of them....
_When He was in Jerusalem at the Passover_ THE FIRST JERUSALEM BELIEVERS I. THE OBJECT OF THEIR FAITH: the name of Christ. The name of anything is that by which it is known; so the name of Christ is...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:23 Jesus KNEW ALL PEOPLE, which affirms his deity (see John 1:48)....
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 2:18. The disciples saw in Christ’s action the fulfilment of the old Scripture, the Jews an excuse for a further demand for a sign. John 2:19. DESTROY THIS TEMPL...
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,...
Ephesians 3:16; Ephesians 3:17; Galatians 5:6; James 2:19; James 2:20;
At the passover. Note the omission of of the Jews (ver. 13). In the feast - day [ε ν τ η ε ο ρ τ η]. Rev., during the feast. The feast of unleavened bread, during the seven days succeeding the actual...
Many believed — That he was a teacher sent from God....
Observe here, What influence the sight of our Saviour's miracles had upon many of the common people, THEY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID; that is, they were convinced by...