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1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it]. 6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare [it]. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now. 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

12 ¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

13 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

18 ¶ Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

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Places

  • Cana

    Today: Northern Israel (Galilee)

    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)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 John 4:46; Proverbs 31:10–12; John 1:43; John 21:2; Matthew 12:46
  2. 2 Matthew 10:40–42; Colossians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Hebrews 13:4; John 1:40–49
  3. 3 Psalm 104:15; Philippians 4:6; Isaiah 24:11; Matthew 26:28; Ecclesiastes 10:19
  4. 4 John 7:6; John 13:1; John 7:30; John 8:20; John 12:23
  5. 5 Genesis 6:22; John 15:14; Hebrews 11:8; Luke 5:5–6; Hebrews 5:9
  6. 6 John 3:25; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 9:10; Mark 7:2–5; Hebrews 10:22
  7. 7 2 Kings 4:2–6; John 2:5; 1 Kings 17:13; John 2:3; Mark 11:2–6
  8. 8 Proverbs 3:5–6; John 2:9; Romans 13:7
  9. 9 John 4:46; John 7:17; Psalm 119:100
  10. 10 Revelation 7:16–17; Proverbs 9:1–6; Luke 16:25; Psalm 104:15
  11. 11 John 20:30–31; John 1:14; John 3:2; John 6:2; John 6:14
  12. 12 Matthew 12:46; Mark 6:3; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Matthew 4:13; Matthew 13:55–56
  13. 13 Luke 2:41; John 11:55; John 2:23; Exodus 12:6–14; Deuteronomy 16:1–8
  14. 14 Luke 19:45–46; Mark 11:15; Mark 11:17; Matthew 21:12–13; Deuteronomy 14:23–26
  15. 16 Matthew 21:13; Jeremiah 7:11; Mark 11:17; Isaiah 56:5–11; Luke 2:49
  16. 17 Psalm 69:9; Psalm 119:139
  17. 18 Luke 11:29; Matthew 21:23; John 6:30; Mark 8:11; Mark 11:27–28
  18. 19 Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; Matthew 27:40; Matthew 26:60–61; Matthew 12:40
  19. 21 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Colossians 1:19; Ephesians 2:20–22; Colossians 2:9
  20. 22 John 12:16; John 14:26; Luke 24:7–8; John 16:4; Psalm 16:10
  21. 23 John 7:31; John 6:14; Luke 8:13; Ephesians 3:16–17; Galatians 5:6
  22. 24 John 6:64; Matthew 9:4; Acts 1:24; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Chronicles 28:9
  23. 25 Matthew 9:4; John 13:11; John 6:64; John 6:61

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 2:2 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXXIII)

    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)

  2. Commentary 2:1 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter II — 1-4)

    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)

  3. Commentary 2:4 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John (Homily XXII)

    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)

  4. Quotes verse 2:23 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapter XXI)

    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.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 2:19 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 39–41)

    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)