Christian Standard Bible
John 2:5
5“Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants.
John 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
- New International Version (NIV)His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
Context of John 2:5
3When the wine ran out, Jesus’s mother told him, “They don’t have any wine.” 4“What has this concern of yours to do with me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My hour has not yet come.” “Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants. 6Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained twenty or thirty gallons. 7“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.
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λέγει ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ τοῖς διακόνοις· ὅ τι ἂν λέγῃ ὑμῖν, ποιήσατε.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 2:5
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
- Genesis 6:22And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.
- Judges 13:14She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine or drink wine or beer. And she must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must do everything I have commanded her.”
- Luke 5:5“Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I’ll let down the nets.”
- Luke 6:46“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?
- Acts 9:6“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Hebrews 5:9After he was perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going.
Commentaries on John 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5His mother saith, etc. - The virgin seems to have understood our Lord as hinted above. It was not yet time to grant them a supply, because the want had not as yet been generally felt. But, silently receiving the respectful caution, she saw that the miracle should be wrought when it best suited the purposes of the Divine wisdom.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5His mother saith - It is evident from this verse that his mother did not understand what he had said as a harsh reproof and repulse, but as an indication of his willingness at the proper time to furnish wine. In all this transaction he evinced the appropriate feelings of a son toward a mother.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16Jesus showed who he is and what he came to do through the religious practices and festivals of the Jewish people (see 2:1; 5:1). He used these familiar events to reveal his identity and his mission.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. Woman--no term of disrespect in the language of that day (Joh 19:26). what ... to do with thee--that is, "In my Father's business I have to do with Him only." It was a gentle rebuke for officious interference, entering a region from which all creatures were excluded (compare Ac 4:19, 20). mine hour, &c.--hinting that He would do something, but at His own time; and so she understood it (Joh 2:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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