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John 2:5-11
English Standard Version
John 2:5-11
English Standard Version
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there (A)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty (B)gallons.[a] 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted (C)the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested (D)his glory. And (E)his disciples believed in him.
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- John 2:6 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters
John 2:5-11
New International Version
John 2:5-11
New International Version
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(A)
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(B) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[a]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(C) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(D) through which he revealed his glory;(E) and his disciples believed in him.(F)
Footnotes
- John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters
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