The Marriage in Cana
The chiastic structure of John 2:1-12
John 2:1 On the third
day there was a marriage
at Cana in Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there;
2 Jesus also was invited to the marriage,
with his disciples.
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3 When the wine
gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him,
"They have no wine." |
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4 And Jesus
said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with
me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the
servants, "Do whatever he tells you." 6 Now
six stone jars were standing there, for
the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty
or thirty gallons. |
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7 Jesus said
to them, "Fill
the jars with water." And they filled
them up to the brim. |
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8 He said
to them, "Now draw some out, and take
it to the steward of the feast." So they took
it. |
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9 When the steward of the feast tasted
the water now become wine, and did not know where it
came from (though the
servants who had drawn the water knew), the
steward of the feast called the bridegroom |
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10 and said
to him, "Every man serves the good
wine first; and when
men have drunk freely, then the poor wine;
but you have kept the good wine
until now." |
11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus
did at Cana in Galilee, and
manifested his glory; and his
disciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum,
with his mother and his brothers
and his disciples; and there
they stayed for a few days. |
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