John 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus saith unto them,Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ”

John 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With water - This was done by the servants employed at the feast. It was done by “them,” so that there might be no opportunity of saying that the disciples of Jesus had filled them with wine to p...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Fill. The first sign. Note "Cast", John 21:6 , and see the Structure in App-176. with. Greek. idiom. See note, on App-101.
John 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Fill the water-pots with water. The servants might be apt to look upon this injunction as absurd; for they had already more than enough of water. But in this way the Lord often acts towar...
John 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
John 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Fill the water-pots with water:— Mary was without doubt blameable for presuming to direct her Son in the duties of his ministry, her parental authority not extending to those matters; therefore he...
John 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fill the waterpots. — It is implied that the pitchers were wholly or in part empty, the water in them having been used for the ablutions before the feast. The persons ordered are the servants ( Joh...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jesus saith unto them ,.... To the servants that waited at the feast, fill the water pots with water . The Ethiopic version adds, "to their brims", as they did. Christ chose the water pots, and no...
John 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. Ver. 7. Up to the brim ] God permits his people an honest affluence. Christ supplies them here with grea...
John 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jesus saith unto them After some convenient pause, that the failing of the wine might be the more observed; Fill the water-pots with water Choosing, for wise reasons, to make use of these rather...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either the water was defiled by some persons washing in it, or else the vessels were not full. Our Lord commands them to be filled (the water pots, not wine vessels) with water, pure water; he comm...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - 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....
John 2:7 - 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...
John 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miracle and its effect:
John 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:13 ; 2 Kings 4:2-6 ; 2 Kings 5:10-14 ; Acts 8:26 ; John 2:3 ; John 2:5 ; Joshua 6:3-5 ; Mark 11:2-6 ; Mark 14:12-17 ; Numbers 21:6-9
John 2:7 - 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...

John 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary