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His motherἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦsaysλέγειto the servants,τοῖς διακόνοις“WhateverὍ τι ἂνhe tellsλέγῃyou,ὑμῖνdo it.”ποιήσατε
John 2:5
Study it in the app“His mother says to the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.””
Jesus is at a wedding in Cana and turns water into wineJoy and thanks
With the Greek beneath
John 2:5, word by word
- His motherμήτηρmētēr
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētēr” appears- saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- to the servantsδιακόνοιςdiakonois
servant
One who serves others.
Where else “diakonois” appears- do itποιήσατεpoiēsate
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsate” appears
The context
4And Jesus says to her, “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Now there were six stone water jars standing there for the purification of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.
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?