John 2 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And the thirde day, was there a mariage in Cana a towne of Galile, and the mother of Iesus was there.
1 Καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ γάμος ἐγένετο ἐν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἦν ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐκεῖ·
2 And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.
2 ἐκλήθη δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν γάμον.
3 Nowe when the wine failed, the mother of Iesus saide vnto him, They haue no wine.
3 καὶ ὑστερήσαντος οἴνου λέγει ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν· οἶνον οὐκ ἔχουσι.
4 Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, what haue I to doe with thee? mine houre is not yet come.
4 λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, γύναι; οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου.
5 His mother saide vnto the seruants, Whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you, doe it.
5 λέγει ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ τοῖς διακόνοις· ὅ τι ἂν λέγῃ ὑμῖν, ποιήσατε.
6 And there were set there, sixe waterpots of stone, after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes, conteining two or three firkins a piece.
6 ἦσαν δὲ ἐκεῖ ὑδρίαι λίθιναι ἓξ κείμεναι κατὰ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ τρεῖς.
7 And Iesus sayde vnto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.
7 λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· γεμίσατε τὰς ὑδρίας ὕδατος. καὶ ἐγέμισαν αὐτὰς ἕως ἄνω.
8 Then he sayde vnto them, Draw out nowe and beare vnto the gouernour of the feast. So they bare it.
8 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἀντλήσατε νῦν καὶ φέρετε τῷ ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ. καὶ ἤνεγκαν.
9 Nowe when the gouernour of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he knewe not whence it was: but the seruants, which drewe the water, knewe) the gouernour of ye feast called the bridegrome,
9 ὡς δὲ ἐγεύσατο ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον — καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει πόθεν ἐστίν· οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ — φωνεῖ τὸν νυμφίον ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος
10 And saide vnto him, All men at the beginning set foorth good wine, and when men haue well drunke, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept backe the good wine vntill nowe.
10 καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· πᾶς ἄνθρωπος πρῶτον τὸν καλὸν οἶνον τίθησι, καὶ ὅταν μεθυσθῶσι, τότε τὸν ἐλάσσω· σὺ τετήρηκας τὸν καλὸν οἶνον ἕως ἄρτι.
11 This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana a towne of Galile, and shewed forth his glorie: and his disciples beleeued on him.
11 Ταύτην ἐποίησε τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν σημείων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐφανέρωσε τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.
12 After that, he went downe into Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: but they continued not many daies there.
12 Μετὰ τοῦτο κατέβη εἰς Καπερναοὺμ αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔμειναν οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας.
13 For the Iewes Passeouer was at hande. Therefore Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.
13 Καὶ ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
14 And he found in the Temple those that sold oxen, and sheepe, and doues, and changers of money, sitting there.
14 καὶ εὗρεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοὺς πωλοῦντας βόας καὶ πρόβατα καὶ περιστεράς, καὶ τοὺς κερματιστὰς καθημένους.
15 Then hee made a scourge of small cordes, and draue them all out of the Temple with the sheepe and oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrewe the tables,
15 καὶ ποιήσας φραγέλλιον ἐκ σχοινίων πάντας ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας, καὶ τῶν κολλυβιστῶν ἐξέχεε τὸ κέρμα καὶ τὰς τραπέζας ἀνέστρεψε,
16 And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.
16 καὶ τοῖς τὰς περιστερὰς πωλοῦσιν εἶπεν· ἄρατε ταῦτα ἐντεῦθεν· μὴ ποιεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου οἶκον ἐμπορίου.
17 And his disciples remembred, that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me vp.
17 ἐμνήσθησαν δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι γεγραμμένον ἐστίν, ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου καταφάγεταί με.
18 Then answered the Iewes, and saide vnto him, What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?
18 ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· τί σημεῖον δεικνύεις ἡμῖν ὅτι ταῦτα ποιεῖς;
19 Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three daies I will raise it vp againe.
19 ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· λύσατε τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον, καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν.
20 Then said the Iewes, Fourtie and sixe yeeres was this Temple a building, and wilt thou reare it vp in three daies?
20 εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν ᾠκοδομήθη ὁ ναὸς οὗτος, καὶ σὺ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερεῖς αὐτόν;
21 But he spake of the temple of his bodie.
21 ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἔλεγε περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
22 Assoone therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that hee thus sayde vnto them: and they beleeued the Scripture, and the worde which Iesus had saide.
22 ὅτε οὖν ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐμνήσθησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τοῦτο ἔλεγε, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ ᾧ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
23 Nowe when hee was at Hierusalem at the Passeouer in the feast, many beleeued in his Name, when they sawe his miracles which he did.
23 Ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῷ πάσχα ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, θεωροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει.
24 But Iesus did not commit him selfe vnto them, because he knewe them all,
24 αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν ἑαυτὸν αὐτοῖς διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντας,
25 And had no neede that any should testifie of man: for he knewe what was in man.
25 καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκε τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.
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Cana
Cana's exact site is debated — Kafr Kanna and Khirbet Qana near Nazareth are the leading candidates (approximate location). It is remembered as the place of Jesus' first miracle.
Cited in the guide: John 2:1-11; John 4:46
Cross references (23)
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- 1 John 4:46; Proverbs 31:10–12; John 1:43; John 21:2; Matthew 12:46
- 2 Matthew 10:40–42; Colossians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Hebrews 13:4; John 1:40–49
- 3 Psalm 104:15; Philippians 4:6; Isaiah 24:11; Matthew 26:28; Ecclesiastes 10:19
- 4 John 7:6; John 13:1; John 7:30; John 8:20; John 12:23
- 5 Genesis 6:22; John 15:14; Hebrews 11:8; Luke 5:5–6; Hebrews 5:9
- 6 John 3:25; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 9:10; Mark 7:2–5; Hebrews 10:22
- 7 2 Kings 4:2–6; John 2:5; 1 Kings 17:13; John 2:3; Mark 11:2–6
- 8 Proverbs 3:5–6; John 2:9; Romans 13:7
- 9 John 4:46; John 7:17; Psalm 119:100
- 10 Revelation 7:16–17; Proverbs 9:1–6; Luke 16:25; Psalm 104:15
- 11 John 20:30–31; John 1:14; John 3:2; John 6:2; John 6:14
- 12 Matthew 12:46; Mark 6:3; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Matthew 4:13; Matthew 13:55–56
- 13 Luke 2:41; John 11:55; John 2:23; Exodus 12:6–14; Deuteronomy 16:1–8
- 14 Luke 19:45–46; Mark 11:15; Mark 11:17; Matthew 21:12–13; Deuteronomy 14:23–26
- 16 Matthew 21:13; Jeremiah 7:11; Mark 11:17; Isaiah 56:5–11; Luke 2:49
- 17 Psalm 69:9; Psalm 119:139
- 18 Luke 11:29; Matthew 21:23; John 6:30; Mark 8:11; Mark 11:27–28
- 19 Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; Matthew 27:40; Matthew 26:60–61; Matthew 12:40
- 21 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Colossians 1:19; Ephesians 2:20–22; Colossians 2:9
- 22 John 12:16; John 14:26; Luke 24:7–8; John 16:4; Psalm 16:10
- 23 John 7:31; John 6:14; Luke 8:13; Ephesians 3:16–17; Galatians 5:6
- 24 John 6:64; Matthew 9:4; Acts 1:24; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 25 Matthew 9:4; John 13:11; John 6:64; John 6:61
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Ye know, Brethren, for ye have learnt it as believing in Christ, and continually too do we by our ministry impress it upon you, that the humility of Christ is the medicine of man's swollen pride. For man would not have perished, had he not been swollen up through pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
The miracle indeed of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby He made the water into wine, is not marvellous to those who know that it was God's doing. For He who made wine on that day at the marriage feast, in those six water-pots, which He commanded to be filled with water, the self-same does this every year in vines.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
In preaching the word there is some toil, and this Paul declares when he says, "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine." ( 1 Tim. v.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
First of all, after He had made the water wine at Cana of Galilee, He went up to the festival day of the passover, on which occasion it is written, "For many believed in Him, when they saw the signs which He did," as John the disciple of the Lord records.
For to this power what is added about the resurrection refers, "Who shall awake him?" This means that no man but Himself has raised Him, who also said of His own body, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." And the very nature of His death, that is, the height of the cross, is understood …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)