Yohanes 13:15

13:15 For I have given you an example ¹  – you should do just as I have done for you.

Yohanes 2:5

2:5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.” ² 

Yohanes 2:1

Turning Water into Wine

2:1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana ³  in Galilee. ⁴  Jesus’ mother ⁵  was there,

1 Petrus 2:21

2:21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

1 Petrus 2:1

2:1 So get rid of ⁶  all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Yohanes 2:6

2:6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, ⁷  each holding twenty or thirty gallons. ⁸ 

[13:15]  ¹ sn I have given you an example. Jesus tells his disciples after he has finished washing their feet that what he has done is to set an example for them. In the previous verse he told them they were to wash one another’s feet. What is the point of the example? If it is simply an act of humble service, as most interpret the significance, then Jesus is really telling his disciples to serve one another in humility rather than seeking preeminence over one another. If, however, the example is one of self-sacrifice up to the point of death, then Jesus is telling them to lay down their lives for one another (cf. 15:13).

[2:5]  ² tn The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[2:1]  ³ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[2:1]  ⁴ sn Cana in Galilee was not a very well-known place. It is mentioned only here, in 4:46, and 21:2, and nowhere else in the NT. Josephus (Life 16 [86]) says he once had his quarters there. The probable location is present day Khirbet Cana, 8 mi (14 km) north of Nazareth, or Khirbet Kenna, 4 mi (7 km) northeast of Nazareth.

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “in Galilee, and Jesus’ mother.”

[2:1]  ⁶ tn Or “put away.”

[2:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “for the purification of the Jews.”

[2:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “holding two or three metretes” (about 75 to 115 liters). Each of the pots held 2 or 3 μετρηταί (metrhtai). A μετρητῆς (metrhths) was about 9 gallons (40 liters); thus each jar held 18-27 gallons (80-120 liters) and the total volume of liquid involved was 108-162 gallons (480-720 liters).

[2:6]  sn Significantly, these jars held water for Jewish ceremonial washing (purification rituals). The water of Jewish ritual purification has become the wine of the new messianic age. The wine may also be, after the fashion of Johannine double meanings, a reference to the wine of the Lord’s Supper. A number have suggested this, but there does not seem to be anything in the immediate context which compels this; it seems more related to how frequently a given interpreter sees references to the sacraments in John’s Gospel as a whole.