When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, (A)“Woman, (B)what does this have to do with me? (C)My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Now there were six stone water jars there (D)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty (E)gallons.[a]

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Notas al pie

  1. John 2:6 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters

When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

“Woman,[a](A) why do you involve me?”(B) Jesus replied. “My hour(C) has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(D)

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(E) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]

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Notas al pie

  1. John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  2. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters