Jesus · c. AD 27
Chapter 13
Water into Wine
This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
On the third day a wedding was held in of . The of was there. Jesus was invited to the wedding too, along with his .
Only a few days before, disciples had begun to follow Jesus. As Jesus walked by, two of ’s disciples heard what John said, and they followed Jesus. One of them, , first found his own brother and brought him to Jesus. Jesus said that Simon would be called Peter. Then Jesus told , “Follow me,” and Philip found .
When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour hasn’t come yet.”
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
Six stone water jars stood there. They were for the washing the Jews did to make themselves clean. Each one held two or three measures, about twenty to thirty gallons.
“Fill the jars up with water,” Jesus said to the servants, and they filled them right to the brim.
He said to them, “Now scoop some out and take it to the man running the feast.” So they took it to him.
The man running the feast tasted the water, which had now become wine. He didn’t know where it came from, but the servants who had scooped out the water did. He called the over. “Everyone serves the good wine first,” he told him, “and the worse wine once the guests have had plenty to drink. You have kept the good wine until now!”
Jesus did this in Cana of Galilee, and it was the beginning of his . He showed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
After this he went down to , he and his mother, his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
It was nearly time for the of the Jews, and Jesus went up to .
He found people in the temple selling cattle, sheep and doves, with the sitting there.
He made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple, sheep and cattle alike. He poured out the money changers’ coins and turned their tables over.
To those selling doves he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
His disciples remembered the words that were written: “ for your house will eat me up.”
Then the Jews said to him, “Since you’re doing these things, what sign will you show us?”
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“It took forty-six years to build this temple!” the Jews said. “Will you raise it up in three days?”
But he was talking about the temple of his body.
Once he had been raised from the dead, his disciples remembered him saying this, and they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus had spoken.
While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name as they watched the signs he did.
But Jesus didn’t put his trust in them, because he knew everyone. He didn’t need anyone to tell him about people, because he himself knew what was in people.