Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 2:3
(2) And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
(2) Christ takes good enough care of our salvation, and therefore has no need of others to remind of it.
(2) And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
(2) Christ takes good enough care of our salvation, and therefore has no need of others to remind of it.
JOHN 2:3 u`sterh,santoj oi;nou Several witnesses (a* ita, b, ff2, j, r syrhmg eth) paraphrase by reading oi=non ouvk ei=con( o[ti sunetele,sqh o` oi=noj tou/ ga,mou\ ei=ta (“They had no wine, because...
Verse John 2:3. _THEY HAVE NO WINE._] Though the blessed virgin is supposed to have never seen her son work a miracle before this time, yet she seems to have expected him to do something extraordinary...
WHEN THEY WANTED WINE - A marriage feast among the Jews was commonly observed for seven or eight days. It is not probable that there would be a want of wine at the marriage itself, and it is possible,...
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...
AND WHEN THEY WANTED WINE. The Revision says, "When the wine failed." From some cause, perhaps from. larger number of guests than was expected, the wine gave out. "None but those who know how sacred i...
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...
WHEN, &c.. when wine failed. Quite. serious calamity. WINE. Greek. _oinos._ The only word for wine in the N.T. Septuagint for Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. (Also for _Tirash_ (App-27) in Genesis 27:28; Jud...
_when they wanted wine_ Better, _when_ THE WINE FAILED. Perhaps the arrival of these six or seven guests caused the want; certainly it would make it more apparent. To Eastern hospitality such a mishap...
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...
ὙΣΤ. ΟἼΝ. WHEN WINE FAILED. The arrival of these six or seven guests might cause the want, and certainly would make it more apparent. To Eastern hospitality such a failure on such an occasion would se...
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...
ΎΣΤΕΡΉΣΑΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part._ ύστερέω (G5302) недоставать, не хватать, заканчиваться. _Gen. abs. Aor._ описывает действие, предшествующее и логическое необходимое по отношению к действию основного гл...
WHEN THEY WANTED WINE, &C.— The _wine beginning to fail;_— υστερησαντος. But a small stock possibly was provided at first, as the persons were not in the highest circumstances; and that began to fail...
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 when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. AND WHEN THEY WANTED WINE, [ hustereesantos (G5302) oinou (G3631)] - 'the wine having failed;' perhaps, as Bengel...
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...
THEY HAVE NO WINE] The deficiency happened towards the close of the festivities, which usually lasted seven or fourteen days (Judges 14:15; Tob 9:19). It was perhaps caused by the presence of so many...
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...
WHEN THEY WANTED WINE. — Better, _the wine having failed._ THEY HAVE NO WINE. — The question “What was the import of this remark?” has been often asked, and very variously answered. And yet the answer...
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...
Through this unexpected addition to the number of guests the wine began to fail, ὑστερήσαντος οἴνου. ὑστερέω, from ὕστερος, signifies “to be late,” and hence “to come short of,” “to lack,” and also “t...
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...
_They have no wine. The blessed virgin Mother was not ignorant of the divine power of her Son, and that the time was come when he designed to make himself known to the world. She could not make her re...
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. 3. “ _And when the wine failed_, _the mother of Jesus saith to Him: They have no wine._ ” The marriage feasts sometimes continued several days, even a whole week (Genesis 29:27; Judges 14:15; Tob...
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...
3._The mother of Jesus saith to him. _It may be doubted if she expected or asked any thing from her Son, since he had not yet performed any miracle; and it is possible that, without expecting any reme...
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 WHEN THEY WANTED WINE,.... Or wine was wanting; not through the intemperance of the guests, rather through the poverty of the family, who were not able to provide very largely; and it may be by re...
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Ver. 3. _And when they wanted wine_] Wine then may be wanting, though Christ be at the wedding; yea, bread, though Ch...
_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...
THEY HAVE NO WINE; meaning, their supply of wine has failed; for they had wine at the beginning, verse John 2:10. The words seem to contain a tacit request that Jesus would now supply the deficiency....
AND WHEN THEY WANTED WINE, THE MOTHER OF JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, THEY HAVE NO WINE....
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...
OLBGrk; The word usterhsantov may as well be translated, coming short, or behind, as wanting; and so some think it is to be understood; but Mary tells Jesus, they had _no wine:_ they either had none,...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III which was produced by God in a vineyard, and which was first consumed, was good. None[135] Cyprian Epistle XXIV He that saith he knoweth Him, and keepeth not His...
John 2:3 And G2532 out G5302 (G5660) wine G3631 mother G3384 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) to...
‘And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus says to him, ‘They have no wine.' We do not know at what point the wine failed, whether at the marriage feast or in the later festivities, but either way...
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...
John 2:3. AND WHEN WINE WAS WANTING. The failure (which must be understood as complete) may have been occasioned by the long continuance of the festivities, but more probably arose from the presence o...
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...
WHEN THE WINE FAILED (υστερησαντος οινου). Genitive absolute with first aorist active participle of υστερεω, old verb from υστερος, late or lacking. See same use in Mark 10:21. A longer Western par...
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...
THEY ARE OUT OF WINE. This would be a great disgrace in the East, at such a celebration. The fact that she says this shows both that she must have been related to the family [or at least a very close...
_When they wanted wine_ _ I._ The wine supplied was m ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY. The produce probably of their own industry in the vineyards around. Wine in Bible lands was not an occ...
_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 2:3 The wedding party’s running out of wine may symbolize the spiritual drought of first-century Judaism. Wine (but never drunkenness) was a sign of joy and God’s blessing (Proverbs...
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,...
Ecclesiastes 10:19; Isaiah 24:11; John 11:3; Matthew 26:28;...
They wanted wine [υ σ τ ε ρ η σ α ν τ ο ς ο ι ν ο υ]. Literally, when the wine failed. So Rev., Wyc., and wine failing. Some early authorities read : "they had no wine, for the wine of the marriage wa...
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 wine falling short — How many days the solemnity had lasted, and on which day our Lord came, or how many disciples might follow him, does not appear. His mother saith to him, They have not wine —...
This want of wine was probably so disposed by the providence of God, to give our Saviour an opportunity to manifest his divine power in working. miracle to supply it. Observe here, 1. How the Virgin...