John 2
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In the other Gospel of Matthew Jesus left for 40 days to fast after his baptism with John.[1] But it would appear the sequence of events in this Gospel was to go to a wedding on the third day. |
| This was no small wedding nor was it the house of a poor man. There were servants. But more than that there were 6 waterpots made of stone with a capacity of two or three firkins. A firkin was about 9 gallons some say precisely 8 7/8 gallons. So if these stone pots each held 2-3 firkins they could have held more than 30 to 35 gallons a piece. Container and its content could way more than 250 pounds a piece and all 6 together if filled to the brim could hold 150 to 200 gallons or 750 to more than a 1000 bottles of wine. And this was the second bath made available for the guests. |
B. Jesus Cleanses the Temple 13-22
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The Wedding at Cana
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 mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
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 to Jerusalem,
Moneychangers
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money(kermatistes)[2] sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’(kollubistes)[3] money[4], and overthrew the tables[5];
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.(emporion)
The envious and contentious
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal[6] of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Destroy this temple
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Jesus Knows What Is in Man
23 ¶ 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.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
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- ↑ Matthew 4:1 ¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- ↑ 2773 κερματιστής kermatistes [ker-mat-is-tace’] from a derivative of 2772 kerma a small piece of money; n m; AV-changer of money 1; 1
- 1) a money changer, money broker
- In the court of the Gentiles in the temple of Jerusalem were the seats of those who sold such animals for sacrifice as had been selected, examined, and approved, together with incense, oil, and other things needed in making offerings and in worship; and the magnitude of this traffic had introduced the banker’s or broker’s business.
- ↑ 2855 κολλυβιστής kollubistes [kol-loo-bis-tace’] from a presumed derivative of kollubos (a small coin-probably akin to 2854); n m; AV-moneychanger 2, charger 1; 3
- 1) a money-changer, banker
- ↑ 2772 κέρμα kerma [ker’-mah] from 2751 keiro shearing; n n; AV-money 1; 1
- 1) small pieces of money, small coin, change, money
- ↑ 5132 ~τράπεζα~ trapeza \@trap’-ed-zah\@ probably contracted from 5064 and 3979; TDNT-8:209,1187; {See TDNT 795} n f AV-table 13, bank 1, meat 1; 15
- 1) a table
- 1a) a table on which food is placed, an eating place
- 1a1) the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed
- 1b) equiv. to the food placed upon the table
- 1b1) to set a table
- 1b2) put food before one
- 1c) a banquet, feast
- 1a) a table on which food is placed, an eating place
- 2) the table or stand of a money changer, where he sits, exchanging different kinds of money for a fee (agio), and paying back with interest loans or deposits
- 1) a table
- ↑ 2205 ~ζῆλος~ zelos \@dzay’-los\@ from 2204 be fervent; TDNT-2:877,297; {See TDNT 284} n m/n AV-zeal 6, envying 5, indignation 2, envy 1, fervent mind 1, jealousy 1, emulation 1; 17
- 1) excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit
- 1a) zeal, ardour in embracing, pursuing, defending anything
- 1a1) zeal in behalf of, for a person or thing
- 1a2) the fierceness of indignation, punitive zeal
- 1a) zeal, ardour in embracing, pursuing, defending anything
- 1b) an envious and contentious rivalry, jealousy
- 1) excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit