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Now kai on the ho third tritos day hēmera · ho there was ginomai a wedding gamos at en Cana Kana in ho Galilee Galilaia, and kai the ho mother mētēr of ho Jesus Iēsous was eimi there ekei. Jesus Iēsous and kai his autos disciples mathētēs were also kai invited kaleō · de · ho · ho to eis the ho wedding gamos. · kai When the wine oinos ran hystereō out , Jesus’ Iēsous mother mētēr said legō · ho · ho to pros him autos, “ They have echō no ou more wine oinos.” And kai Jesus Iēsous said legō to her autos, · ho Woman gynē, what tis is that to me egō and kai to you sy? My egō hour hōra has not oupō yet come hēkō.” · ho His autos mother mētēr said legō · ho to the ho servants diakonos, “ Do poieō whatever hos tis he tells legō you hymeis.” Now de standing keimai nearby ekei were eimi six hex stone lithinos water hydria jars , according kata to the ho purification katharismos requirements of the ho Jews Ioudaios, each ana holding chōreō from twenty dyo to ē thirty treis gallons metrētēs. Jesus Iēsous said legō to the servants autos, · ho Fill gemizō the ho jars hydria with water hydōr.” So kai they filled gemizō them autos up to heōs the brim anō. Then kai he told legō them autos, “ Now nyn draw antleō some out and kai take pherō it to the ho master architriklinos of the feast .” So de they ho took pherō him some, and de when hōs the ho master of the feast architriklinos tasted geuomai the ho water hydōr that had become ginomai wine oinos, · kai not ou knowing oida where pothen it came eimi from ( though de the ho servants diakonos who ho had drawn antleō the ho water hydōr knew oida), he architriklinos called phōneō the ho bridegroom nymphios · ho 10 and kai said legō to him autos, “ Everyone pas anthrōpos serves tithēmi the ho choice kalos wine oinos first prōton, and kai then when hotan the guests are a bit tipsy methyskō, that ho which is inferior elassōn. But you sy have kept tēreō the ho good kalos wine oinos until heōs now arti.” 11 Jesus Iēsous did poieō this houtos, the first archē of his ho signs sēmeion, · ho at en Cana Kana in ho Galilee Galilaia, and kai revealed phaneroō · ho his autos glory doxa; and kai his autos disciples mathētēs believed pisteuō in eis him autos. · ho

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The First Sign: Turning Water into Wine

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana(A) of Galilee.(B) Jesus’ mother(C) was there, and Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

“What has this concern of yours to do with Me,[a](D) woman?”(E) Jesus asked. “My hour[b] has not yet come.”

“Do whatever He tells you,” His mother told the servants.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification.(F) Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.[c]

“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim. Then He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant.”[d] And they did.

When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom 10 and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

11 Jesus performed this first sign[e] in Cana(G) of Galilee.(H) He displayed(I) His glory,(J) and His disciples believed in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:4 Or You and I see things differently; lit What to Me and to you; Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24; 5:7; Lk 8:28
  2. John 2:4 The time of His sacrificial death and exaltation; Jn 7:30; 8:20; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1
  3. John 2:6 Lit 2 or 3 measures
  4. John 2:8 Lit ruler of the table; perhaps master of the feast, or headwaiter
  5. John 2:11 Lit this beginning of the signs; Jn 4:54; 20:30. Seven miraculous signs occur in John’s Gospel and are so noted in the headings.