2:1  ON THE third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

2:2  Jesus also was invited with His disciples to the wedding.

2:3  And when the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, They have no more wine!

2:4  Jesus said to her, [Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? [What do we have in common? Leave it to Me.] My time (hour to act) has not yet come.

2:5  His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it.

2:6  Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.

2:7  Jesus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. So they filled them up to the brim.

2:8  Then He said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the manager of the feast [to the one presiding, the superintendent of the banquet]. So they took him some.

2:9  And when the manager tasted the water just now turned into wine, not knowing where it came from--though the servants who had drawn the water knew--he called the bridegroom

2:10  And said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now!

2:11  This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].

2:12  After that He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

2:13  Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2:14  There He found in the temple [enclosure] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there [also at their stands].

2:15  And having made a lash (a whip) of cords, He drove them all out of the temple [enclosure]--both the sheep and the oxen--spilling {and} scattering the brokers' money and upsetting {and} tossing around their trays (their stands).

2:16  Then to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father's house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)!

2:17  And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.]

2:18  Then the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us, seeing You do these things? [What sign, miracle, token, indication can You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned to act in this way?]

2:19  Jesus answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.

2:20  Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?

2:21  But He had spoken of the temple which was His body.

2:22  When therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed {and} trusted {and} relied on the Scripture and the word (message) Jesus had spoken.

2:23  But when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name [identified themselves with His party] after seeing His signs (wonders, miracles) which He was doing.

2:24  But Jesus [for His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all [men];

2:25  And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men's hearts.] [I Sam. 16:7.]