Bible Strands
Day 2: The first of His signs
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Notice
- Jesus tells his mother his hour has not come, and then acts anyway. What do you make of that?
- The water was for washing — ritual purification. It comes out as wine at a party. Sit with the swap before deciding what it means.
- Two scenes, a wedding and a temple. What does each one say about what he has come to do?
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Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.John 2:11
Yesterday said "we have seen His glory". Today says where they first saw it.
Read together with:
- John 20:30 20 votes
- John 1:14 16 votes
- John 3:2 15 votes
Nearest in meaning: John 4:54
John does not call them miracles. He calls them signs — the word appears in seventeen verses of this Gospel — and a sign is not the point, it points. Follow the word to John 20:30 and he tells you outright why he chose which ones to write down.
The thread back to John 1:14 is a cross-reference other readers drew long before you: yesterday's verse said they beheld his glory, and this one says the first sign revealed it. The same claim, one chapter apart.
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A sign points away from itself. What have you been treating as the destination?
Tomorrow: a teacher comes at night, and a snake on a pole.
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