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AfterΜετὰthisτοῦτοhe went downκατέβηtoεἰςCapernaum,Καφαρναοὺμheαὐτὸςandκαὶhis motherἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦandκαὶhis brothersοἱ ἀδελφοὶandκαὶhis disciples,οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦandκαὶthey stayedἔμεινανthereἐκεῖnotοὐmanyπολλὰςdays.ἡμέρας
John 2:12
Study it in the app“After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there not many days.”
With the Greek beneath
John 2:12, word by word
- he went downκατέβηkatebē
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katebē” appears- CapernaumΚαφαρναοὺμKapharnaoum
Capernaum
See it on the mapWhere else “Kapharnaoum” appears- his motherμήτηρmētēr
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētēr” appears- his brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoi
brother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- his disciplesμαθηταὶmathētai
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētai” appears- they stayedἔμεινανemeinan
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “emeinan” appears- manyπολλὰςpollas
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollas” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears
Places in this verse
Capernaum
Today: Capernaum (Tell Hum) ruins, Israel
A town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum (Matt 4:13). He taught in its synagogue and healed many there (John 6:59; Luke 7:1).
The context
11This Jesus did as the beginning of his signs in Cana of Galilee, and he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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?