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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 2:1-12

John 2:1-2 Kings : . The Marriage at Cana.— On the third day the promise to Nathanael of greater things to follow is fulfilled. Modern exploration has suggested three sites for Cana, all of them near Nazareth, and to the N. or NE. of that place (p. 29). In Mark 6:3 only the sisters are mentioned by the people of Nazareth as being “ with us.” Zahn suggests that they had married and settled there, the family having moved to Cana. We mayat least notice the independence of the Synoptic narrative... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 2:11

The sense is not, that this was the first miracle which Christ wrought in Cana of Galilee; but this was the first miracle which Christ wrought after he was entered upon the public ministry, and it was wrought in that Cana which is within the confines of Galilee, either in the lot of Zebulun or Asher: yet there are some who would not have it the first miracle which Christ wrought, but the first which he wrought in that place; but there is no reason for such an interpretation; for then there had... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 2:1-11

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 2:1. τῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ—This note of time refers to John 1:43-44. He was evidently in Galilee when He found Philip; thus the third day will mean the third after His arrival in Galilee. Κανᾶ.—There are two modern sites which dispute the title to be the Cana of St. John. Robinson, rejecting the traditionally accepted Kefr Kenna (about an hour and a half from Nazareth), fixed on a village lying to the north-east of Nazareth, and about two hours distant, called... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 2:11

John 2:11 I. Beyond doubt this was a miracle of sympathy; and, which perhaps we should not have expected, sympathy with festivity and joy. The hardest kind of sympathy, as everyone who has tried it knows, is to throw a mind that is saddened which Christ's mind was always into the happiness of others. It is singular, too, that though it was a first thing, its great point and object was to teach about the last that with what Christ does, and what Christ gives, unlike and the very opposite to what... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 2:11

DISCOURSE: 1605THE WATER TURNED INTO WINEJohn 2:11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his Disciples believed on him.AFTER thirty years of privacy, the time was come for our Lord to enter on his public ministrations. He had received both visible and audible testimony from heaven, and had been pointed out by his forerunner, John the Baptist, as “the Lamb of. God, that should take away the sin of the world.” Now at a marriage feast he... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 2:1-25

Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John.The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John, for the purpose of convincing people that Jesus is the Christ, that by believing in Him they might have life in His name. John declares his purpose in writing these books. He said, "Many other things did Jesus which are not written, but these things were written that you might believe that Jesus is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 2:1-25

John 2:1 . The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, when the sun of righteousness shone out with divine glory. Cana of Galilee is here mentioned to distinguish it from Cana near Sidonia, and from Canah in the tribe of Asher. From Ezra’s time it was enjoined that virgins should marry on the fourth day of the week, and widows on the fifth. The jews were married earlier in the week, lest the sabbath should be defiled with the preparations for the marriage. So Lightfoot. This... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 2:1-11

John 2:1-11The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee.The miracle at CanaI. THE OCCASION ON WHICH THE MIRACLE WAS WROUGHT. 1. The time. The third day after the interview with Nathanael. 2. The place. Cana, about nine miles from Nazareth. Called Cans of Galilee to distinguish it from another town of the same name in Ephraim. 3. The company. (1) The mother of Jesus there probably on the ground of relationship. It has been supposed that the wedding was in the family of Cleopas or... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 2:11

John 2:11This beginning of miraclesThe miracles of ChristMiracles are not only a proof but a part of revelation, and carry their own weight of truth quite independent of their testimony to the authority of the whole.Christ’s miracles I. IDENTIFY THE GOD OF NATURE WITH THE CHRIST OF THE GOSPEL, and show that the Word was God, and that all things were made by Him. Believers in Christ do not need their witness, but should follow up their teaching, and study in nature the wisdom and power and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 2:11

11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. Ver. 11. This beginning, &c. ] For as for his miraculous disputation with the doctors, and fasting forty days, these were rather miracles wrought upon Christ than by him. He works his first miracle for confirmation of God the Father’s first ordinance. His disciples believed on him ] So they did before, but now more. So 1 John 5:13 . The apostle writes to "them... read more

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