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NowδὲwhileὩςhe wasἦνinἐνJerusalemτοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοιςatἐνthe Passover,τῷ πάσχαduringἐνthe feast,τῇ ἑορτῇmanyπολλοὶbelievedἐπίστευσανinεἰςhis name,τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦseeingθεωροῦντεςthe signsτὰ σημεῖαthatἃhe was doing.αὐτοῦ ἐποίει
John 2:23
Study it in the app“Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, seeing the signs that he was doing.”
With the Greek beneath
John 2:23, word by word
- he wasἦνēn
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ēn” appears- JerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςHierosolymois
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Hierosolymois” appears- the Passoverπάσχαpascha
Passover
Passover: the feast that remembered the going out from Egypt; also the lamb and the meal of that night.
Where else “pascha” appears- the feastἑορτῇheortēi
feast, festival
Feast, festival.
Where else “heortēi” appears- manyπολλοὶpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- believedἐπίστευσανepisteusan
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “episteusan” appears- his nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- seeingθεωροῦντεςtheōrountes
watch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrountes” appears- the signsσημεῖαsēmeia
sign
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “sēmeia” appears- he was doingἐποίειepoiei
bear fruit
To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
Where else “epoiei” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
22So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
23 · This verse (above)
24But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people,
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?