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Andκαὶwhen the wineοἴνουran out,ὑστερήσαντοςthe motherἡ μήτηρof Jesusτοῦ Ἰησοῦsaysλέγειtoπρὸςhim,αὐτόν“They haveἔχουσινnoοὐκwine.”Οἶνον
John 2:3
Study it in the app“And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus says to him, “They have no wine.””
Jesus is at a wedding in Cana and turns water into wineJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
John 2:3, word by word
- when the wineοἴνουoinou
wine
Wine.
Where else “oinou” appears- ran outὑστερήσαντοςhysterēsantos
lack
To lack something, be in need.
Where else “hysterēsantos” appears- the motherμήτηρmētēr
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētēr” appears- of JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- “They haveἔχουσινechousin
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousin” appears
The context
2And Jesus too was invited to the wedding, and his disciples.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Jesus says to her, “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come.”
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?