John 2
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus also was invited with His disciples to the wedding.
3 And when the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, They have no more wine!
4 Jesus said to her, [[a]Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? [What do we have in common? Leave it to Me.] My time (hour to act) has not yet come.(A)
5 His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it.
6 Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.
7 Jesus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. So they filled them up to the brim.
8 Then He said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the manager of the feast [to the one presiding, the superintendent of the banquet]. So they took him some.
9 And 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
10 And 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!
11 This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].(B)
12 After that He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.
13 Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 There He found in the temple [[b]enclosure] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there [also at their stands].
15 And having made a lash (a whip) of cords, He drove them all out of the temple [[c]enclosure]—both the sheep and the oxen—spilling and scattering the brokers’ money and upsetting and tossing around their trays (their stands).
16 Then 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)!(C)
17 And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.](D)
18 Then the Jews retorted, What sign can [d]You show us, seeing You do these things? [What sign, miracle, token, indication can You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned to act in this way?]
19 Jesus answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.
20 Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?
21 But He had spoken of the temple which was His body.
22 When 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.(E)
23 But when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name [identified themselves with His party] after seeing His signs (wonders, miracles) which He was doing.
24 But Jesus [for His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all [men];
25 And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men’s hearts.](F)
Footnotes
- John 2:4 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament: “a term of respect and endearment.”
- John 2:14 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
- John 2:15 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
- John 2:18 Capitalized because of what He is, the spotless Son of God, not what the speaker may have thought He was.
Giovanni 2
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Primo miracolo a Cana
2 (A)Tre giorni dopo, ci fu una festa nuziale in Cana di *Galilea, e c'era la madre di Gesú. 2 E Gesú pure fu invitato con i suoi discepoli alle nozze. 3 Venuto a mancare il vino, la madre di Gesú gli disse: «Non hanno piú vino». 4 Gesú le disse: «Che c'è fra me e te, o donna? L'ora mia non è ancora venuta». 5 Sua madre disse ai servitori: «Fate tutto quel che vi dirà». 6 C'erano là sei recipienti di pietra, del tipo adoperato per la purificazione dei Giudei, i quali contenevano ciascuno due o tre *misure[a]. 7 Gesú disse loro: «Riempite d'acqua i recipienti». Ed essi li riempirono fino all'orlo. 8 Poi disse loro: «Adesso attingete e portatene al maestro di tavola». Ed essi gliene portarono. 9 Quando il maestro di tavola ebbe assaggiato l'acqua che era diventata vino (egli non ne conosceva la provenienza, ma la sapevano bene i servitori che avevano attinto l'acqua), chiamò lo sposo e gli disse: 10 «Ognuno serve prima il vino buono; e quando si è bevuto abbondantemente, il meno
buono; tu, invece, hai tenuto il vino buono fino ad ora».
11 Gesú fece questo primo dei suoi segni miracolosi[b] in Cana di Galilea, e manifestò la sua gloria, e i suoi discepoli credettero in lui.
12 Dopo questo, scese a *Capernaum egli con sua madre, con i suoi fratelli e i suoi discepoli, e rimasero là alcuni giorni.
Gesú nel tempio
13 (B)La Pasqua dei Giudei era vicina e Gesú salí a *Gerusalemme. 14 Trovò nel *tempio quelli che vendevano buoi, pecore, colombi, e i cambiavalute seduti. 15 Fatta una sferza di cordicelle, scacciò tutti fuori dal tempio, pecore e buoi; sparpagliò il denaro dei cambiavalute, rovesciò le tavole, 16 e a quelli che vendevano i colombi disse: «Portate via di qui queste cose; smettete di fare della casa del Padre mio una casa di mercato». 17 E i suoi discepoli si ricordarono che sta scritto:
«Lo zelo per la tua casa mi consuma»[c].
18 I Giudei allora presero a dirgli: «Quale segno miracoloso[d] ci mostri per fare queste cose?» 19 Gesú rispose loro: «Distruggete questo tempio, e in tre giorni lo farò risorgere!» 20 Allora i Giudei dissero: «Quarantasei anni è durata la costruzione di questo tempio e tu lo faresti risorgere in tre giorni?» 21 Ma egli parlava del tempio del suo corpo. 22 Quando dunque fu risorto dai morti, i suoi discepoli si ricordarono che egli aveva detto questo; e credettero alla Scrittura e alla parola che Gesú aveva detta.
23 (C)Mentre egli era in Gerusalemme, alla festa di Pasqua, molti credettero nel suo nome, vedendo i segni miracolosi[e] che egli faceva. 24 Ma Gesú non si fidava di loro, perché conosceva tutti 25 e perché non aveva bisogno della testimonianza di nessuno sull'uomo, poiché egli stesso conosceva quello che era nell'uomo.
Footnotes
- Giovanni 2:6 Misura, dal gr. metrêtês, che corrispondeva a un po' piú di 39 litri.
- Giovanni 2:11 Segni miracolosi, lett. segni.
- Giovanni 2:17 +Sl 69:9.
- Giovanni 2:18 Segno miracoloso, vd. nota a Gv 2:11.
- Giovanni 2:23 Segno miracoloso, vd. nota a Gv 2:11.
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