John 2

Treated in 37 passages across the library.

  • 2:1 On the third day a wedding was held at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus's mother was there. 5
  • 2:15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, sheep and cattle alike. He spilled the money changers' coins and turned their tables over. 5
  • 2:5 His mother said to the servants, "Do as he tells you, whatever it is." 4
  • 2:14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and money changers sitting there. 4
  • 2:17 His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will devour me." 4
  • 2:24 But Jesus, for his part, would not trust himself to them, because he knew all people. 4
  • 2:19 Jesus replied, "Tear this temple down, and I will raise it up again within three days." 3
  • 2:25 He did not need anyone to testify to him about people, for he himself knew what was in a person. 3
  • 2:11 Jesus did this at Cana in Galilee as the first of the signs. In it he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 2
  • 2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers and his disciples. They did not stay there many days. 2
  • 2:13 The Jewish festival of Passover was approaching, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2
  • 2:16 To the dove sellers he said, "Take all this away from here! Do not make my Father's house a house of business." 2
  • 2:2 Jesus had been invited to the wedding too, along with his disciples. 1
  • 2:3 When the wine gave out, Jesus's mother said to him, "They have no wine left." 1
  • 2:4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, is that a matter for you and me? My hour has not yet come." 1
  • 2:6 Six stone water jars stood there, kept for Jewish ritual washing; each held about 20 to 30 gallons. 1
  • 2:20 The Jewish leaders said, "Forty-six years this temple has been under construction, and you will raise it up in three days?" 1
  • 2:23 During the Passover festival, while he was in Jerusalem, many came to believe in his name as they watched the signs he was doing. 1

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  1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Personality of the Holy Spirit cites John 2:1

    …to make intercession for us up yonder at the right hand of God in the place of power (John 2:1 and Heb. 7:25). Second, the Holy Spirit who prays through us down here. Oh, what a…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites John ii. 1

    …“whosoever”); John iii. 16 (Emphasize the “whosoever”); Isaiah i. 18; 1 John iv. 14; John ii. 1‒2; Isaiah xliv. 22; Isaiah xliii. 25 are also useful passages in dealing with this class…

  3. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    Christ the Intercessor cites John ii. 1

    …the Father for us. (Compare John xvi. 26 with John xiv. 16, 17; ix. 20; Luke xxi. 32; I John ii. 1.) To take Christ thus in prayer as Advocate, is according to John xvi. 26 not perfectly…

  4. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Things by Their Right Names cites John 2:1–11

    …that maketh glad the heart of man (Psalm 104:15); the Lord Himself made wine at Cana (John 2:1–11), and Paul told Timothy to take a little for his health (1 Timothy 5:23). To bind every…

  5. Tell Me the Story – Book 4: The King Is Born · Ochorus Originals

    Water into Wine cites John 2:1–11

    …troubles big and small. And when He gives, He gives the very best. Read it in your Bible: John 2:1–11 Dear Jesus, thank you that you care about every part of my life, even the small things.…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites John 2: 2

    …He gave them to each other in marriage. Jesus Christ honoured marriage with his presence. John 2: 2. The first miracle he wrought was at a marriage, when he turned the ‘water into wine.’…

  7. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    July cites John ii. 3

    …is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. John ii. 3, 4, 5. In asking for temporal blessings, true wisdom lies in putting the matter into the…

  8. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites John ii. 4

    …THY MOUTH WIDE, AND I WILL FILL IT." (Psa. lxxxi. 10.) "Mine hour is not yet come." (John ii. 4.) "He took a child, and set him in the midst of them; and when He had taken him in His…

  9. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    May cites John ii. 5

    …if only we will trust Him.—F. B. Meyer. May 11 Whatsoever He sayeth unto you, do it. John ii. 5. Florence Nightingale said: “If I could give you information of my life, it would be to…

  10. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 10 — Water into Wine cites John 2:5

    “His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever He tells you.’” — John 2:5 (BSB) “Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed…

  11. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    February cites Jn 2:5

    …saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.”— Jn 2:5, 6, 7. DO NOT forget the necessity of obeying the inner voice of Christ, which may be…

  12. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    September cites Jn 2:5

    …spoke to the servants at Cana, when she said: “Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it!'” (Jn 2:5) She had probably learnt that lesson in those long, quiet, blessed years at Nazareth. She…

  13. The Fourfold Gospel · A. B. Simpson

    The Walk with God cites John ii. 6

    "He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself so to walk even as He walked." I. John ii. 6. The life naturally leads to the walk. The term describes the course of life, the…

  14. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    September cites John ii. 11

    …it was in the prayer.—Bishop Reynolds. September 9 This beginning of miracles did Jesus. John ii. 11. It was out of the common thing that the precious thing was brought; and it is out of the…

  15. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Marriage of Cana cites John 2:11

    John 2:11 — “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his…

  16. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Devil cites John 2:14

    …strong, it is ours in God's strength to withstand him and overcome him. 2. Now turn to I John 2:14: "I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I…

  17. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites John ii. 15

    …is drowsy? Desertion cures inordinate affection to the world. “Love not the world” (I John ii. 15). We may hold the world as a posy in our hand, but it must not lie too near our heart. We…

  18. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Strength Under Control cites John 2:15

    …to pretend he is in control. Look again at Jesus. He cleared the temple with a whip (John 2:15). He rebuked demons and silenced storms. He stared down Herod and called him "that fox"…

  19. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Be Angry? cites John 2:15

    …a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts” and “overturned their tables” (John 2:15). He said, “How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” (John 2:16). Another…

  20. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites John 2:17

    …zeal, fulfilling that in the 69th Psalm, “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up,” John 2:17. We read of his grief for the sins of men, Mark 3:5: “He looked round about on them with…

  21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites John 2:17

    …like to us? Let us be made like him in zeal. ‘The zeal of thy house has eaten me up.’ John 2:17. He was zealous when his Father was dishonoured. In this let us be like Christ, zealous…

  22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 14 — How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator cites John 2:19

    …For the present, one passage will suffice—Christ would not have called his body a temple (John 2:19), had not the Godhead distinctly dwelt in it. Wherefore, as Nestorius had been justly…

  23. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Coming Home cites John 2:19

    …raise it up again.” John explains: “But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body” (John 2:19, 21). The greater glory was not a grander building. It was God Himself, present in a…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 25 — Of the Last Resurrection cites John 2:19

    …body? Nay, he had foretold, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up,” (John 2:19). The mortal body which he had formerly carried he again received; for it would not have…

  25. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Anointing in the Name of the Lord cites John 2:20

    …and it is said of believers: “Ye have an unction [anointing, R.V.] from the Holy One” (I John 2:20). Sometimes man feels the need of a visible sign, appealing to his senses, which may come…

  26. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites John 2:23

    …the Messiah, from the things which he saw and heard; but yet all along was a devil. So in John 2:23, 24, 25, we read of many that believed in Christ's name, when they saw the miracles that…

  27. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites John ii. 24

    …all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man,” John ii. 24, 25. His piercing eyes look through all the thick coverings of hypocrites, and the snow…

  28. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of Jesus Christ cites John 2:24

    …knew the secret thoughts of men, knew all men, knew what was in man (Mark 2:8; Luke 5:22; John 2:24, 25) which knowledge we are distinctly told in 2 Chron. 6:30 and Jer. 17:9, 10, God only…

  29. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites John 2:24

    …all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man,” (John 2:24, 25). Were it not true that many fall away from the common faith (I call it common…

  30. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    A True and a False Faith cites John 2:24

    …commit. Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, John says, because He knew all men (John 2:24). The same word that describes our trusting Christ describes Christ declining to entrust…

  31. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites John ii. 25

    …the minds of all. He knows what is in man, and needs not that any man testify of him, John ii. 25. He searcheth the hearts and trieth the reins of all, Rev. ii. 23. But all know not how…

  32. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites John 2:25

    …did not entrust Himself indiscriminately to people. “He himself knew what was in man” (John 2:25, ASV). A Christian can say no without being unbroken. Parents can protect children.…

  33. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ the Mediator of the Covenant cites John 2:25

    …Rev 1:8. Is God the Father the heart-searcher? So is Christ. ‘He knew their thoughts.’ John 2:25. Is God the Father omnipresent? So is Christ. ‘The Son of Man which is in heaven.’ John…

  34. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    The Holy Spirit and Prayer cites John ii. 12-14

    …the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God.’—Jude 20, 21. THE words of John (I John ii. 12-14) to little children, to young men, and to fathers suggest the thought that there often…

  35. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites John ii. 12-14

    …as “new-born babes,” “little children,” “young men,” and “fathers “? (1 Pet. ii. 2; John ii. 12-14.) I ask him, above all, whether his own observation of believers, now-a-days, does not…

  36. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    Handling Emotions and Stress cites John 2:15-17

    …the temple was turned into a marketplace, He felt righteous anger and cleared it out (John 2:15-17). When facing the cross, He felt deep sorrow but prayed: "Not my will, but Yours be…

  37. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites John 2:14-17

    …he, being baptized with a spirit of zeal, drove the money-changers out of the temple. John 2:14-17. ‘The zeal of thine house has eaten me up. [13] We glorify God, when we have an eye to…