John 2 Bible study: The beginning of his signs

"The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there" (2:1), and "Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the wedding" (2:2). "When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”" (2:3). John tells what was standing there in his own words: "six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece" (2:6) (tap water pots). Then "Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim" (2:7), and "He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast.” So they took it" (2:8) (tap ruler of the feast). Here is what almost everyone misses: John tells of no word or touch over the water, and never says when it became wine. The next thing he tells is that "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)" (2:9). The ruler calls the bridegroom and says to him, "You have kept the good wine until now!" (2:10). Then John says what it was: "This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him" (2:11) (tap signs, glory, believed). John numbers one more: "This is again the second sign that Jesus did" (4:54).

Psalms 69:9→leads toJohn 2:17

When "The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem" (John 2:13), he "drove all out of the temple", poured out the changers' money and overturned their tables (John 2:15), and said, "Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!" (John 2:16). John writes, "His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.”" (John 2:17). The psalm says, "For the zeal of your house consumes me" (Psalm 69:9). The WEB words the two differently (the zeal of your house consumes me and Zeal for your house will eat me up), and John doesn't name the psalm. John gives only this line of the psalm here.

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Strong's: "an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally". Thayer: "a sign, mark, token". "This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him" (2:11). The word comes three times in this chapter: in John's own words in 2:11; in the question the Jews ask in the temple, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?" (2:18); and at the Passover, where "many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did" (2:23). John's Greek has it 17 times, counted in RP2018, the Byzantine text the WEB translates. John numbers one more: "This is again the second sign that Jesus did" (4:54). Near the end the book says, "Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book" (20:30).