Passage Research
John 2 — Sermon Preparation
The first sign at Cana — water turned to wine — and the cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem. Below is a research summary for John 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 430 / 144
- Greek words / lemmas
- 28
- classic sermon excerpts
- 10
- preachers & commentators
John 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οἶνος | oînos | G3631 | 5 | wine |
| ἀρχιτρίκλινος | architríklinos | G755 | 3 | governor of the feast |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 5 | disciple |
| μήτηρ | mḗtēr | G3384 | 4 | mother |
| Ἰουδαῖος | Ioudaîos | G2453 | 4 | Jew, of Judæa |
| πιστεύω | pisteúō | G4100 | 4 | believe, commit, put in trust with |
| ναός | naós | G3485 | 3 | shrine, temple |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on John 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false friends, and their true characters. He knows who are truly his, knows their uprightness, and knows their weaknesses. We know what is done by men; Christ knows what is in them, he tries the heart. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 2:23–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Cana— John 2:1
- Galilee 1— John 2:1
- Capernaum— John 2:12
- Jerusalem— John 2:13
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