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John 2
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John 2 . 1
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 2:1-4:54 John 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:1TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 2
2 and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:2TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 3
3 When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no more wine."IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:3TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 4
4 "Woman, why does this concern us?" Jesus replied. "My hour has not yet come."IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:4TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 5
5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you."IPIsaiah 25:6 Genesis 41:55CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:5TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Joseph (The Suffering Savior) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 6
6 Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:6TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 7
7 Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:7TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 8
8 "Now draw some out," He said, "and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so,IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:8TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 9
9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom asideIPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:9TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods)
John 2 . 10
10 and said, "Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!"IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:10TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 11
11 Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.IPIsaiah 25:6CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:11TTCovenant Meals (Fellowship with God) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
John 2 . 12
12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.CJohn 02:1-12TOSKJohn 2:12
John 2 . 13
13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:13TTJosiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name)
John 2 . 14
14 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:14TTHoly Places (Access to God's Presence)
John 2 . 15
15 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:15
John 2 . 16
16 To those selling doves He said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father's house into a marketplace!"CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:16
John 2 . 17
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for Your house will consume Me."IPPsalms 69:9CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:17TTEden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling)
John 2 . 18
18 On account of this, the Jews demanded, "What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?"CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:18
John 2 . 19
19 Jesus answered, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again."IP1 Kings 8:10-11 Zechariah 6:12-13CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:19TTHezekiah (Faithful Reformer King) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom) Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)LTTemple and Presence
John 2 . 20
20 "This temple took forty-six years to build," the Jews replied, "and You are going to raise it up in three days?"CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:20
John 2 . 21
21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:21
John 2 . 22
22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.CJohn 02:13-25TOSKJohn 2:22
John 2 . 23
23 While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.CJohn 02:13-25 John 02:23-03:11 John 02:23-03:2TOSKJohn 2:23
John 2 . 24
24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.CJohn 02:23-03:11TOSKJohn 2:24
John 2 . 25
25 He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.CJohn 02:23-03:11TOSKJohn 2:25
Intertextuality Pairs 5
Trajectory Tables 13
- Camp of Israel (Sacred Geography) Trajectory Table
- Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Trajectory Table
- Hezekiah (Faithful Reformer King) Trajectory Table
- Holy Places (Access to God's Presence) Trajectory Table
- Josiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name) Trajectory Table
- New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City) Trajectory Table
- Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods) Trajectory Table
- Return from Exile Trajectory Table
- Solomon (The King of Peace and Wisdom) Trajectory Table
- Solomon's Temple (Glory of God's Dwelling) Trajectory Table
- Tabernacle (God Dwelling Among His People) Trajectory Table
- Temple Ecclesiology (Church as God's Dwelling) Trajectory Table
- Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding) Trajectory Table
Longitudinal Themes 1
Chiasm 6
Cycles 7
- Cycle 06 — Joseph: Pit to Throne, Suffering to Saving Glory (Genesis 37-50)
- Cycle 14 — Solomon and the Temple: Wisdom, Glory, and Apostasy (1 Kings 1–11; 2 Chronicles 1–9)
- Cycle 18 — The Return and the Silence: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi (538–400 BC)
- Cycle 19 — Birth and Baptism: The New Adam Enters History (Matthew 1–4; Luke 1–4; John 1)
- Cycle 20 — Ministry and Passion: Commission Executed, the Cross at the Center
- Cycle 21 — Resurrection and Commission: The Pattern Broken and Decisively Reversed (Matthew 28; Luke 24; John 20–21; Acts 1)
- Cycle 23 — The Consummation: The Pattern Ended, the New Creation Permanent