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The Gospel of John

John 2

World English Bible (public domain). Under each verse: the Fathers whose text matches its wording, in whole or in part, and cross references from OpenBible.info.

1

The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.

“> > Chap. ii.2,3 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the marriage.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 25

“The narrative of that miracle proceeds thus: “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.”

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 79

““On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 119

More from the Fathers

  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 87

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2

Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the wedding.

“> > Chap. ii.2,3 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the marriage.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 25

“And both Jesus was called and His disciples to the marriage.””

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 79

3

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”

“And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 25

See also

  • Psalm 104:15
  • Philippians 4:6
  • Isaiah 24:11
  • Matthew 26:28
  • Ecclesiastes 10:19
4

Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.”

“> > 4 Jesus saith unto her Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

“For thus is how He saith, “Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 87

“… miracle of the wine, and was desirous before the time to partake of the cup of emblematic significance, the Lord, checking her untimely haste, said, “Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come” — waiting for that hour which was foreknown by the Father.”

Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book IIIpassage 51

More from the Fathers

  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 5passage 18
  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passages 86, 88, 89, 90, 720
  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passages 121, 124
5

His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”

“> > 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

See also

  • Genesis 6:22
  • John 15:14
  • Hebrews 11:8
  • Luke 5:5–6
  • Hebrews 5:9
6

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

““And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 125

“But what means this: “They contained two or three metretæ apiece”?”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 97

More from the Fathers

  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passages 101, 102, 103

See also

  • John 3:25
  • Hebrews 9:10
  • Ephesians 5:26
  • Mark 7:2–5
  • Hebrews 9:19
7

Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

“> > 7, 8, 9, 10 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

“Jesus said unto them, Fill the waterpots with water; and they filled them up to the brim.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 125

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8

He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast.” So they took it.

“And He saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

““Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast; and they bare it.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 126

“… congregation and straightway she stood up; He commanded the sea and it was silent, and the wind and it was stilled; He spake only, "Fill the water pots with water and draw out and bear to the governor of the feast," and created matter delayed not [to do] His will.”

Philoxenus of MabbugAscetic Discourse 2passage 17

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9

When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom

“When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants which drew the water knew); the governor of the feast called the bridegroom and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, …”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

“When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, …”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 126

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  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 127
10

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!”

“… (but the servants which drew the water knew); the governor of the feast called the bridegroom and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

“… (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worst; but thou hast kept the good wine until now.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 126

“For the bridegroom in that marriage, to whom it was said, “Thou hast kept the good wine until now,” represented the person of the Lord.”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 94

See also

  • Revelation 7:16–17
  • Proverbs 9:1–6
11

This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

“> > 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory, and His disciples believed on Him.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 26

“Here it is worth while to enquire whence it came into His mother’s mind to imagine anything great of her Son; for He had as yet done no miracle, since the Evangelist saith, “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee.” (c. ii. 11.) [2.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 119

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  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 130
12

After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

““After this He went down to Capernaum, He, and His mother, and His brethren, and His disciples; and they continued there not many days.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 131

““He went down,” as the evangelist says, “to Capernaum, He, and His mother, and His brethren, and His disciples; and they continued there not many days.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 104

“And elsewhere, “After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren.”

JeromeTreatises.passage 66

More from the Fathers

  • Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 79

See also

  • Matthew 12:46
13

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

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14

He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.

“> > 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 29

““And He found in the temple those that sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting: and when He had made, as it were, a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple; the oxen likewise, and the sheep; and poured out …”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 106

More from the Fathers

  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 30

See also

  • Luke 19:45–46
  • Mark 11:15
  • Mark 11:17
  • Deuteronomy 14:23–26
  • Matthew 21:12–13
15

He made a whip of cords and drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money and overthrew their tables.

“> > 15 And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 29

“… has also noticed the sojourn of a few days in Capharnaum, John proceeds to tell us that He went up to Jerusalem at the season of the Jews’ passover, and when He had made a scourge of small cords, drove out of the temple those who were selling in it.”

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 140

“Like a subdeacon He made a whip of cord, and drove out from the temple all those who sold oxen, and rams, and doves, etcetera.”

Apophthegmata PatrumThe Sayings of the Desert Fatherspassage 307

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  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 106
16

To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

“> > 16 Take these things hence; make not My Father's House an house of merchandise.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 29

“‘He made a scourge of cords and cast out all the sellers and buyers, saying, Make not my father’s house a house of merchandise’, teaching us thereby that God’s house is the church and the altar the table of the Lord, as He saith in the prophet w Malachi, ‘Woe …”

Canons of AthanasiusThe Canons of Athanasius of Alexandria (Arabic and Coptic Versions, tr. Riedel & Crum, 1904)passage 26

“… a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple; the oxen likewise, and the sheep; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; and make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 106

More from the Fathers

  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on Luke - Sermons 124-134passage 43
  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on Luke - Sermons 146-156passage 23
  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 33
  • Cyril of JerusalemThe Father.passage 3
  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom.passage 764
  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 131

See also

  • Jeremiah 7:11
  • Matthew 21:13
  • Mark 11:17
  • Isaiah 56:5–11
  • Luke 2:49
17

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”

“> > 17 And His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of Thine House hath eaten Me up.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 31

““Then the disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up:” because by this zeal of God’s house, the Lord cast these men out of the temple.”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 109

““Remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 133

See also

  • Psalm 69:9
  • Psalm 119:139
18

The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?”

“> > 18 What sign shewest Thou unto us, seeing that Thou doest these things?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 31

See also

  • Luke 11:29
19

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

“… with us to be, He threatened them not; but knowing that their crime was against themselves, He says to them, ‘Destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up,’ He, our Saviour, surely shewing thereby that the things about which men busy themselves, carry their dissolution with …”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 210

“For also in speaking to the Jews, He said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on Luke - Sermons 81-88passage 7

“And with reference to the body, which by circumscription He consecrated as a hallowed place for Himself upon earth, He said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Clement of AlexandriaThe Stromata, or Miscellaniespassage 405

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  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on Luke - Sermons 135-145passage 25
  • Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 5passage 24
  • Cyril of AlexandriaAgainst the Synousiastspassage 12
  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom.passages 409, 578, 598, 738
  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passages 110, 111, 128, 427, 681
  • Gregory of NyssaDogmatic Treatises.passages 137, 146
  • Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 255
  • VictorinusCommentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed Johnpassage 24
  • Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book Vpassage 11
  • Augustine of HippoSermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament.passages 30, 119

and 16 more passages

See also

  • Mark 14:58
  • Mark 15:29
  • Matthew 27:40
  • Matthew 26:60–61
  • Matthew 12:40
20

The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

“> > 20 Forty and six years was this Temple in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 32

“The Jews therefore said, In forty-six years was this temple built, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?”

Clement of AlexandriaThe Stromata, or Miscellaniespassage 405

““Forty and six years was this Temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 133

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  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 33
  • John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 222
  • VictorinusCommentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed Johnpassage 24
  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 110
  • Augustine of HippoExpositions on the Book of Psalms.passage 491
21

But he spoke of the temple of his body.

See also

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19
  • 1 Corinthians 3:16
  • Colossians 2:9
  • Colossians 1:19
  • Hebrews 8:2
22

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

“When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this unto them: and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 33

““When He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 133

See also

23

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.

“> > 23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover in the feast day, many believed in His Name, when they saw the miracles which He did.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 35

“Behold, you have heard that when our Lord Jesus Christ “was in Jerusalem at the Passover, on the feast day, many believed in His name, seeing the signs which He did.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 113

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  • Cyril of AlexandriaScholia on the Incarnationpassage 25
  • Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 2passage 16
  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 114

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24

But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

“Thus John puts it very clearly in the following passage: “But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, because He knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for He knew what was in man.””

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 247

See also

  • John 6:64
  • Hebrews 4:13
  • Matthew 9:4
  • Acts 1:24
  • 1 Chronicles 28:9
25

and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

“… which He was doing, but Jesus Himself did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all things and needed not that any one should testify of man, for He knew what was in man: albeit the being able to see the heart of man and to know its secrets, …”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 2passage 16

“Thus John puts it very clearly in the following passage: “But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, because He knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for He knew what was in man.””

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 247

““And needed not that any should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 136

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  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 36
  • Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 5passage 72
  • Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book IIIpassage 18
  • Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 125
  • Augustine of HippoExpositions on the Book of Psalms.passage 196

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Psalm numbers in the cross references are OpenBible.info's, the Hebrew numbering, which differs from the Septuagint for most of the Psalter.