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andκαὶsaysλέγειto him,αὐτῷ“EveryoneΠᾶς ἄνθρωποςservesτίθησινthe goodτὸν καλὸνwineοἶνονfirst,πρῶτονandκαὶwhenὅτανpeoplehave drunk freely,μεθυσθῶσινthe poorer wine;τὸν ἐλάσσωyouσὺhave keptτετήρηκαςthe goodτὸν καλὸνwineοἶνονuntilἕωςnow.”ἄρτι
John 2:10
Study it in the app“and says to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, the poorer wine; you have kept the good wine until now.””
Jesus is at a wedding in Cana and turns water into wineJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
John 2:10, word by word
- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “Everyoneἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- servesτίθησινtithēsin
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tithēsin” appears- the goodκαλὸνkalon
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalon” appears- wineοἶνονoinon
wine
Wine.
Where else “oinon” appears- firstπρῶτονprōton
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōton” appears- whenὅτανhotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appears- have drunk freelyμεθυσθῶσινmethysthōsin
be drunk
Be drunk.
Where else “methysthōsin” appears- the poorer wineἐλάσσωelassō
lesser, inferior
Lesser, inferior.
Where else “elassō” appears- have keptτετήρηκαςtetērēkas
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tetērēkas” appears- nowἄρτιarti
now
Now, just now, at this moment.
Where else “arti” appears
The context
9When the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast calls the bridegroom
10 · This verse (above)
11This Jesus did as the beginning of his signs in Cana of Galilee, and he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
To study John 2 in a group
1. What it says
At the wedding in Cana, what runs out, what does Mary tell the servants, and what does Jesus do? (vv. 1-11)
2. What it means
Jesus clears the temple and says, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” What does the narrator explain he meant? (vv. 13-22)
3. How I live it
The servants obeyed even though they did not understand what was happening (vv. 5-9). Where could you do what Jesus says today without understanding it all?