Johannes 2
Jesus udfører sit første mirakuløse tegn
1 To dage senere var Jesu mor gæst ved et bryllup i byen Kana i Galilæa.2 Jesus og hans disciple var også indbudt.
3 Under festen slap vinen op, og Jesu mor kom hen til ham og sagde: Der er ikke mere vin.
4 Lad mig være i fred, mor, sagde han. Tiden er ikke inde endnu.
5 Men hans mor gik hen til tjenerne og sagde: Lige meget hvad han siger til jer, skal I bare gøre det!
6 Der stod seks store vandkrukker i huset, som blev brugt ved de jødiske renselsesceremonier. De rummede hver ca. 100 liter.7 Jesus bad tjenerne om at fylde dem med vand. Da de havde fyldt dem til randen,8 sagde han: Øs nu noget op og gå hen til den ansvarlige for festen, så han kan smage på det.9 Det gjorde de så, og han smagte på vandet, der nu var forvandlet til vin. Da han ikke vidste, hvor det kom fra - for det var kun tjenerne, der vidste det - kaldte han på brudgommen
10 og sagde: Man plejer ellers at servere den fine vin først, og senere, når folk er kommet lidt i stemning, den billige vin. Hvorfor har du gemt den fine vin til nu?
11 Det mirakel, som Jesus udførte i Kana i Galilæa, var det første tegn på hans autoritet og magt, og hans disciple troede på, at han virkelig var sendt af Gud.
12 Derefter tog han til Kapernaum sammen med sin mor, sine brødre og sine disciple, og dér blev de nogle dage.
Den første tempeludrensning
13 Nu nærmede den jødiske påske sig, og Jesus tog til Jerusalem for at deltage i højtiden.14 Inde på selve tempelpladsen så han en masse mennesker, som solgte offerdyr. Der var både køer, får og duer. Der var også nogle, som vekslede penge. De sad ved små borde fulde af mønter.15 Da lavede Jesus sig en pisk af reb og jog alle fårene og køerne ud. Han væltede også valutahandlernes borde, så mønterne blev spredt langt væk.16 Til dem, der solgte duer, råbte han: Pak jeres ting sammen og forsvind! I må ikke gøre min Fars hus til en markedsplads.
17 Da hans disciple så, hvad han gjorde, kom de i tanker om det ord i Skriften,t der siger: Jeg brænder af nidkærhed for dit Hus.
18 De jødiske ledere protesterede: Hvem har givet dig lov til at jage folk ud af templet? Kan du gøre et mirakel som tegn på, at du handler på Guds vegne?
19 Jesus svarede: Ja, det kan jeg godt. Hvis I ødelægger Guds bolig, så vil jeg rejse den igen inden tre dage.
20 Det har taget 46 år at bygge Guds bolig, indvendte de jødiske ledere, og så vil du rejse den igen inden tre dage!
21 Men den Guds bolig , Jesus hentydede til, var ikke templet, men hans eget legeme.
22 Efter at han var opstået fra de døde, kom hans disciple i tanke om, at han havde sagt det. Da forstod de, hvad han mente, og de kom til tro på Skriftens ord.
23 På grund af de tegn, Jesus gjorde i Jerusalem under påskehøjtiden, var der mange mennesker, der blev overbeviste om, at han måtte være Messias.
24-25 Men Jesus betroede sig ikke til dem, for han vidste, hvad der bor i mennesket. Han havde ikke brug for nogen til at fortælle ham det.
John 2
Turning Water into Wine
1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Canas in Galilee.s Jesus’ mothert was there,2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.s3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine left.”ts4 Jesus replied,t “Woman,s why are you saying this to me?t My timets has not yet come.”
5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”t
6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing,t each holding twenty or thirty gallons.ts7 Jesus told the servants,t “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top.8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,”t and they did.9 Whent the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came fromt (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), het called the bridegroom10 and said to him, “Everyonet serves the good wine first, and then the cheapert wine when the guestst are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”
11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs,t in Canas of Galilee. In this way he revealedt his glory, and his disciples believed in him.t
Cleansing the Temple
12 After this he went down to Capernaumss with his mother and brotherss and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
13 Now the Jewish feast of Passovert was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.s
14 s He found in the temple courtsts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.t15 So he made a whip of cordss and drove them all out of the temple courts,t with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changerss and overturned their tables.16 To those who sold the doves he said, “Take these things away from here! Do not maket my Father’s house a marketplace!”ts
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zealtfor your house will devour me.”s
18 So then the Jewish leaderst responded,t “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”s19 Jesus replied,t “Destroyt this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.”20 Then the Jewish leaderst said to him, “This temple has been under constructiont for forty-six years,s and are you going to raise it up in three days?”21 But Jesust was speaking about the temple of his body.ts
22 So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scriptures and the sayingt that Jesus had spoken.
Jesus at the Passover Feast
23 Now while Jesust was in Jerusalems at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.s24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.t
25 He did not need anyone to testify about man,t for he knew what was in man.t