John 2 ~ John 2

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1 O n the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

2 J esus also was invited with His disciples to the wedding.

and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;

3 A nd when the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, They have no more wine!

and wine having failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, `Wine they have not;'

4 J esus said to her, '> Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? My time (hour to act) has not yet come.

Jesus saith to her, `What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.'

5 H is mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it.

His mother saith to the ministrants, `Whatever he may say to you -- do.'

6 N ow there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.

And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.

7 J esus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. So they filled them up to the brim.

Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim;

8 T hen He said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the manager of the feast. So they took him some.

and he saith to them, `Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

9 A nd when the manager tasted the water just now turned into wine, not knowing where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—he called the bridegroom

And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom,

10 A nd said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now!

and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

11 T his, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

This beginning of the signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him;

12 A fter that He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

after this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they remained not many days.

13 N ow the Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

14 T here He found in the temple '> enclosure] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.

and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

15 A nd having made a lash (a whip) of cords, He drove them all out of the temple '> enclosure]—both the sheep and the oxen—spilling and scattering the brokers’ money and upsetting and tossing around their trays (their stands).

and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

16 T hen to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father’s house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)!

and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

17 A nd His disciples remembered that it is written, Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up.

And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'

18 T hen the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us, seeing You do these things?

the Jews then answered and said to him, `What sign dost thou shew to us -- that thou dost these things?'

19 J esus answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.

Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

20 T hen the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?

The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

21 B ut He had spoken of the temple which was His body.

but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

22 W hen therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed and trusted and relied on the Scripture and the word (message) Jesus had spoken.

when, then, he was raised out of the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this to them, and they believed the Writing, and the word that Jesus said.

23 B ut when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name after seeing His signs (wonders, miracles) which He was doing.

And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;

24 B ut Jesus did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all;

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all,

25 A nd He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in human nature.

and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.