1 Three days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus was also invited to the wedding with his disciples.
3 When all the wine provided for the celebration had been served and they had run out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
4 Jesus replied, "Woman, your thoughts are not mine! My hour has not yet come."
5 However his mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
6 Nearby were six stone water jars meant for the ritual washing as practiced by the Jews; each jar could hold twenty or thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them to the brim.
8 Then Jesus said, "Now draw some out and take it to the steward." So they did.
9 The steward tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing from where it had come; for only the servants who had drawn the water knew. So, he called the bridegroom
10 to tell him, "Everyone serves the best wine first and when people have drunk enough, he serves that which is ordinary. Instead you have kept the best wine until the end."
11 This miraculous sign was the first, and Jesus performed it at Cana in Galilee. In this way he let his Glory appear and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers and his disciples; and they stayed there for a few days.
13 As the Passover of the Jews was at hand, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 In the Temple court he found merchants selling oxen, sheep and doves, and money-changers seated at their tables.
15 Making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the Temple court, together with the oxen and sheep. He knocked over the tables of the money-changers, scattering the coins,
16 and ordered the people selling doves, "Take all this away and stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!"
17 His disciples recalled the words of Scripture: Zeal for your House devours me as a fire.
18 The Jews then questioned Jesus, "Where are the miraculous signs which give you the right to do this?"
19 And Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up."
20 The Jews then replied, "The building of this temple has already taken forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?"
21 Actually, Jesus was referring to the temple of his body.
22 Only when he had risen from the dead did his disciples remember these words; then they believed both the Scripture and the words Jesus had spoken.
23 Jesus stayed in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival and many believed in his Name when they saw the miraculous signs he performed.
24 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all of them.
25 He had no need of evidence about anyone for he himself knew what there was in each one.
Versículos relacionados com John, 2:
The second chapter of the Gospel of John reports the first public miracle of Jesus, when he turned water into wine into a marriage in Cana. This chapter also includes the episode in which Jesus expels the temple merchants in Jerusalem and speaks of his death and resurrection. Below are five verses related to the themes of this chapter:
Luke 2:19: "But Mary kept all these things and reflected in her heart." This verse talks about Mary keeping in her heart the words and events that surrounded the birth of Jesus. Similarly, the events of Chapter 2 of the Gospel of John show the importance of reflecting on the teachings and miracles of Jesus.
Matthew 21:12: "And Jesus entered the temple of God, expelled all who sold and bought there, knocked down the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves." This verse describes a scene similar to what occurs in John 2, in which Jesus expels the temple traders in Jerusalem. This shows the importance that Jesus gave to the right worship to God and the holiness of the temple.
Mark 10:34: "And they shall mock him, they will spit on him, shag him and kill him; but after three days he will rise." In this verse, Jesus talks about his death and resurrection, an important theme that is addressed in John 2 when Jesus tells the disciples that if the temple is destroyed, he will rebuild him in three days.
John 1:14: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." This verse describes the incarnation of Jesus, an important theme in John's chapter 2, for his first public miracle demonstrates his divine power.
Hebrews 4:15: "For we do not have a high priest who cannot pity our weaknesses, he was tempted in all things to our likeness, but without sin." This verse talks about how Jesus experienced the same temptations and weaknesses as human beings, but remained without sin. This is relevant to the episode where Jesus turns water into wine, showing that he can provide abundance without surrendering to the excesses and temptations of life.
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