CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 2 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > John 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/1.htm" title="John 1">◄</a> John 2 <a href="../john/3.htm" title="John 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/john/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>ON the third day there was a marriage feast in Cana, a city of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>And Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the marriage feast. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And when the wine decreased, his mother said to Jesus, They have no wine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus said to her, What is it to me and to you, woman? my turn has not yet come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>His mother said to the helpers, Whatever he tells you, do it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And there were six stone jars placed there for the purification of the Jews, which could hold several gallons each. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, Fill the jars with water; and they filled them up to the brim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he said to them, Draw out now, and bring it to the chief guest of the feast. And they brought it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And when the chief guest tasted the water that had become wine, he did not know whence it had come; but the helpers knew, who had drawn the water. Then the chief guest called the bridegroom <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>And said to him, Every man at first brings the best wine; and when they have drunk, then that which is weak; but you have kept the best wine until now. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>This is the first miracle which Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and he showed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there a few days.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And the Jewish passover was nearing; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And he found in the temple those who were buying oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>And he made a whip of cord, and drove them all out of the temple, even the sheep and the oxen and the money changers; and he threw out their exchange money, and upset their trays; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And to those who sold doves he said, Take these away from here; do not make my Father’s house a house of trading. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal for your house has given me courage. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>The Jews answered and said to him, What sign do you show us, that you are doing these things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to them, Tear down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>The Jews said to him, It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>But he spoke concerning the temple of his body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>When he rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scriptures and the word which Jesus had said.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Now when Jesus was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, a great many believed in him, because they saw the miracles which he did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he understood every man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/john/2-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>And he needed no man to testify to him concerning any man; for he knew well what was in man.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. Lamsa (1933)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>