Ἰωάννην 2:11

Greek Modern Translation

Ταυτην την αρχην των θαυματων εκαμεν ο Ιησους εν Κανα της Γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσε την δοξαν αυτου, και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ταύτην ⸀ἐποίησεν ἀρχὴν τῶν σημείων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ταύτην ἐποίησεν ἀρχὴν τῶν σημείων ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐφανέρωσεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ταυτην εποιησεν την αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ταυτην εποιησεν αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της δαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου

Byzantine/Majority Text
ταυτην εποιησεν την αρχην των σημειων ο ιησους εν κανα της γαλιλαιας και εφανερωσεν την δοξαν αυτου και επιστευσαν εις αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beginning: John 1:17, Exodus 4:9, Exodus 7:19-21, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Malachi 2:2, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Galatians 3:10-13

did: John 1:50, John 3:2, John 4:46

manifested: John 1:14, John 5:23, John 12:41, John 14:9-11, John 14:13, Deuteronomy 5:24, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 96:3, Isaiah 40:5, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6

and his: John 11:15, John 20:30, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:31 - believed Joshua 19:28 - Kanah 1 Kings 17:24 - Now by this Luke 23:5 - beginning John 2:22 - and they John 8:54 - If John 11:4 - that John 21:2 - Cana Acts 9:34 - Jesus Christ Romans 6:4 - by the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This beginning of miracles,.... This miracle of turning water into wine, was the first miracle Christ ever wrought, either in public or private; for as for what miracles he is said to do in his infancy, there is no reason to give credit to them: and this he

did in Cana of Galilee; not that this was only the first he did in that place; he afterwards working another there, namely, the cure of a nobleman's son, John 4:46, but the first he did any where, and it was in this place; and which the Syriac and Persic versions again call Kotne of Galilee; John 4:46- :;

and manifested forth his glory; the glory of his deity and divine sonship, which was hid by his assumption of human nature, but broke forth and showed itself in his miraculous operations, and particularly in this:

and his disciples believed on him; the above five disciples; see John 2:2; whom he had called, and who were with him at this marriage, and were made acquainted with this miracle: and though they believed in him before, and had declared, and professed him to be the Messiah, Moses and the prophets spoke of, and the Son of God, and King of Israel; yet they were, by this miracle, more and more confirmed in the faith of these things: besides, others might be made his disciples at this time, and be hereby brought to believe in him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This beginning of miracles - This his first public miracle. This is declared by the sacred writer to be a “miracle” - that is, an exertion of divine power, producing a change of the substance of water into wine, which no human power could do.

Manifested forth - Showed; exhibited.

His glory - His power, and proper character as the Messiah; showed that he had divine power, and that God had certainly commissioned him. This is shown to be a real miracle by the following considerations:

1. Real water was placed in the vessels. This the servants believed, and there was no possibility of deception.
2. The water was placed where it was not customary to keep wine. It could not be pretended that it was merely a mixture of water and wine.
3. It was judged to be wine without knowing whence it came. There was no agreement between Jesus and the governor of the feast to impose on the guests.
4. It was a change which nothing but divine power could effect. He that can change water into a substance like the juice of the grape must be clothed with divine power.

Believed on him - This does not mean that they did not believe on him beforehand, but that their faith was confirmed or strengthened. They saw a miracle, and it satisfied them that he was the Messiah. “Before this” they “believed” on the testimony of John, and from conversation with Jesus John 1:35-51; now they saw that he was invested with almighty power, and their faith was established.

From this narrative we may learn:

1. That marriage is honorable, and that Jesus, if sought, will not refuse his presence and blessing on such an occasion.

2. On such an occasion the presence and approbation of Christ should be sought. No compact formed on earth is more important; none enters so deeply into our comfort in this world; perhaps none will so much affect our destiny in the world to come. It should be entered into, then, in the fear of God.

3. On all such occasions, our conduct should be such that the presence of Jesus would be no interruption or disturbance. He is holy. He is always present in every place; and on all festival occasions our deportment should be such as that we should welcome the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. “That is not a proper stale of feeling or employment which would be interrupted by the presence of the Saviour.”

4. Jesus delighted to do good. In the very beginning of his ministry he worked a miracle to show his benevolence. This was the appropriate commencement of a life in which he was to go about doing good. He seized every opportunity of doing it; and at a marriage feast, as well as among the sick and poor, he showed the character which he always sustained - that of a benefactor of mankind.

5. An argument cannot be drawn from this instance in favor of intemperate drinking. There is no evidence that any who were present on that occasion drank too freely.

6. Nor can an argument be drawn from this case in favor even of drinking wine such as we have. The common wine of Judea was the pure juice of the grape, without any mixture of alcohol, and was harmless. It was the common drink of the people, and did not tend to produce intoxication. “Our” wines are a “mixture” of the juice of the grape and of brandy, and often of infusions of various substances to give it color and taste, and the appearance of wine. Those wines are little less injurious than brandy, and the habit of drinking them should be classed with the drinking of all other liquid fires.

The following table will show the danger of drinking the “wines” that are in common use:

Wine	Alcohol Content
Brandy has fifty-three parts and 39 hundredths in a hundred of alcohol, or	53•39 percent
Rum	53•68 percent
Whisky Scotch..	54•32 percent
Holland Gin.	51•60 percent
Port Wine, highest kind	5•83 percent
Port Wine, lowest kind	1•40 percent
Madeira, highest kind	29•42 percent
Madeira, lowest kind	9•34 percent
Lisbon	8•94 percent
Malaga	7•26 percent
Red Champagne	1•30 percent
White	2•80 percent
Currant Wine	20•25 percent

It follows that a man who drinks two glasses of most of the wines used has taken as much alcohol as if he had taken one glass of brandy or whisky, and why should he not as well drink the alcohol in the brandy as in the wine? What difference can it make in morals? What difference in its effects on his system? The experience of the world has shown that water, pure water, is the most wholesome, safe, and invigorating drink for man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 2:11. This beginning of miracles — It was probably the first he ever wrought:-at any rate, it was the first he wrought after his baptism, and the first he wrought publicly.

His glory — His supreme Divinity: John 1:14.

His disciples believed on him. — Were more abundantly confirmed in their faith, that he was either the promised Messiah, or a most extraordinary prophet, in the fullest intercourse with the ever blessed God.