John 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. ”

• John 2:11 - Albert 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...

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• John 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Marriage at Cana. On the third day the promise to Nathanael of greater things to follow is fulfilled. Modern exploration has suggested three sites for Cana, all of them near Nazareth, and to th...

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• John 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  beginning, &c. Our attention is thus called to the order. miracles . the signs.. characteristic word in this Gospel. See p. 1511, and App-176. manifested forth . See App-106. Compare John...

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• John 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. This beginning of miracles. The meaning is, that this was the first of Christ’s miracles; for when the angels announced to the shepherds that he was born in Bethlehem, ( Luke 2:8 ,) when...

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• John 2:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1605 THE WATER TURNED INTO WINE John 2:11 . This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his Disciples believed on him . AFTER thirty...

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• John 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. This beginning of miracles - It was probably the first he ever wrought: - a...

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• John 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And manifested forth his glory:— That is, demonstrated his power and character to the conviction of the disciples, and in some sense and degree to that of all the guests. This being the first mirac...

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• John 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manife...

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• John 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Wedding at Cana. The Temple Cleansed 1-11. The marriage at Cana. This miracle is not recorded by the synoptists because it occurred before the beginning of the ministry proper. St. John record...

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• John 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, or, more exactly, This did Jesus in Cana of Galilee as the beginning of His signs. The form of the sentence makes it certain that it is the...

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• John 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 5 THE FIRST SIGN-THE MARRIAGE IN CANA. “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the...

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• John 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jesus Blesses Social Joys John 2:1-11 The keyword here is signs, John 2:11 , r.v. translated in the Authorized Version as miracles. They are windows into the eternal purpose. The Lord love...

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• John 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At Cana our Lord wrought what John describes as the "beginning of His signs." It was a sign of power in the realm of creation, and of it being exercised in answer to faith. It was a sign, moreover, o...

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• John 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And the third day there was marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. (2) And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3) And when they wanted wine, the mothe...

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• John 2:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  MANIFESTATION OF GLORY ‘This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.’ John 2:11 All the miracles that our Lord...

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• John 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 inf...

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• John 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. Ver. 11. This beginning, &c. ] For as for his miraculous disputatio...

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• John 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This beginning of miracles did Jesus , &c. Grotius supposes the meaning to be, that this was the first miracle wrought at Cana, another being afterward mentioned, John 4:46 . But it is plain th...

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• John 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A MARRIAGE ON THE THIRD DAY (vs.1-12) Now we are told of a third day, and a marriage in Cana. This is typical of Israel's new relationship with their Messiah and the receiving of the joy of His m...

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• John 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Water Turned into Wine.       1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:   2 And bot...

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• John 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The sense is not, that this was the first miracle which Christ wrought in Cana of Galilee; but this was the first miracle which Christ wrought after he was entered upon the public ministry, and it wa...

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• John 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Helping at a Wedding and Cleansing the Temple - John 2 The Wedding at Cana ( John 2:1-12 ). The incident at the wedding in Cana of Galilee is said by the writer to be the first of Jesus' ‘signs...

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• John 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 2:1 . τῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ—This note of time refers to John 1:43-44 . He was evidently in Galilee when He found Philip; thus the third day will mean the third...

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• John 2:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 2:11 I. Beyond doubt this was a miracle of sympathy; and, which perhaps we should not have expected, sympathy with festivity and joy. The hardest kind of sympathy, as everyone who has tried i...

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• John 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. There was the hiding of his power. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. Now he has broken...

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• John 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 2:1 . The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, when the sun of righteousness shone out with divine glory. Cana of Galilee is here mentioned to distinguish it from Cana near Sido...

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• John 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. The miracle at Cana I. THE OCCASION ON WHICH THE MIRACLE WAS WROUGHT. 1. The time. The third day after the interview with Nathanael....

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• John 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verses 2:1-3:4 The testimony of signs to the glory of the Word made flesh. John 2:1-43 (1) The first sign, the beginning of signs, Mastery over the old creation. Sign o...

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• John 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The miracle and its effect:

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• John 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 5:13 ; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Deuteronomy 5:24 ; Ecclesiastes 9:7 ; Exodus 4:9 ; Exodus 7:19-21 ; Galatians 3:10-13 ; Isaiah 40:5 ; John 1:14...

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• John 2:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Water Turned into Wine John 2:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this Scripture the first miracle which Christ wrought is recorded, and it is a miracle full of marvelous significance. Our opening...

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• John 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And his disciples believed — More steadfastly.

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