요한복음 Chapter 2

Translation: ESV

1

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

Key Message

Jesus' first miracle took place at a wedding feast, symbolizing the joy and abundance of the Kingdom of God.

▸'On the third day' refers to three days after the events of chapter 1, showing that John's Gospel carefully records the first week by specific days.

'On the third day' refers to three days after the events of chapter 1, showing that John's Gospel carefully records the first week by specific days. Cana is located in Galilee and is the hometown of Nathanael (21:2). A wedding feast was a significant communal celebration in Jewish society, lasting seven days. It is characteristic of John's Gospel that Jesus' mother is mentioned but not named.

Related Verses

For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
2

Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

Key Message

Jesus joins people in places of joy, and is one who is present in every area of life.

▸Jesus was invited to the feast not alone but with his disciples.

3

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, 'They have no wine.'

Key Message

Bringing life's shortages and crises to Jesus is the essence of prayer.

▸A crisis arises during the feast: the wine runs out.

4

And Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.'

Key Message

Jesus' ministry is accomplished according to the Father's timetable, not human expectations or requests.

▸Jesus' answer consists of two parts.

5

His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.'

Key Message

True faith is obeying Jesus' word even without knowing what response will come.

▸Despite Jesus' somewhat distancing reply, Mary instructs the servants to do whatever Jesus tells them.

6

Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

Key Message

Jesus fills the vessels of legal purification rites with joyful wine, demonstrating the abundance of the new covenant.

▸Six stone water jars are mentioned.

7

Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water.' And they filled them up to the brim.

Key Message

God's miracles often happen through those who obey his word even amid imperfect understanding.

▸Jesus' first command is to fill the jars with water.

9

When the master of the feast tasted 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

Key Message

Jesus' miracle happens quietly, but those who obeyed know its source and see the glory.

▸The miracle happened quietly.

11

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

Key Message

Through the first sign at Cana, Jesus' glory was manifested, and the disciples who saw that glory came to faith.

▸John defines this miracle not as a simple wonder but as a 'sign (σημεῖον, sēmeion).

13

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Key Message

Jesus went up to Jerusalem at every Passover, and he himself is the ultimate Passover Lamb.

▸After the wedding feast at Cana, Jesus goes up to Jerusalem for the Passover.

15

And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

Key Message

Jesus' cleansing of the Temple declares that God's house must be restored as a place of prayer and worship.

▸Jesus' cleansing of the Temple was a vigorous and intentional act.

19

Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'

Key Message

Jesus' body is the new Temple, and his resurrection is the complete new mode of God's presence.

▸When the Jews demand a sign, Jesus gives a cryptic answer.