John - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1019

IOHN. wine ran short, Jcsus was spoken to by His mother, who said to Him I`hey have no more wine}

4 jesus, in reply to her, said : ‘ What is that to you and Mo,

mother? My time has not yet come}

5 His mother then said to the attend- ants: ‘Whatever He bids you, let it be 6 Now there were standing there, for the jewish purifications, six stone water-jars, holding from two to three firkins. 11 16 jesus said to them: ‘ Fill the jars with water} They accordingly filled them to the brim. He then said to them: ‘ Now pour out, and take it to the

master of the festival/' They accord- ingly did so. And when the master of the festival

had tasted the water, which had be- come wine (not knowing where it came from, although the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom, and said to him: ‘ A man usually serves out the best

wine at the beginning, reserving the inferior until the guests have tasted; but you have kept the best wine until This, as abeginning of His evidences, jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and displayed His majesty; and His disciples believed in Him. After that, He went down to Ca-

pernaum, Himself, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and stayed there not many days. Simi Hiatt in iernzalzm. Now when the jewish Passover was

near, jesus went up to jerusalem. And entering the temple, He found dealers in oxen, and sheep, and pigeons, as well as money-brokers transacting their business. Then, having made a whip of cords, He drove all out of the temple, including the sheep and oxen; and He scat- tered the money of the brokers, overturning their stands; and said to the pigeomdealers: ‘Take these outside; do- not turn My Father*s house into a market. His disciples were then reminded that it was written: Zulu. ron Yoon uousx wu.L consume Ms.1 I Psa. lxix. 9. The jews then addressed Him, ask- ing: What proof do You show us for doing this? ’ ‘ Demolish this temple/' jesus an-

and in three days Iwill rear 1 il? ‘ This temple has been buildingfor

‘ and will You rear it in three days P ’ He, however, spoke about the

temple of His body. Afterwards, when- He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this; and they believed the Scriptures, as well as the statement of jesus. §es¤¤ sith the ¥wpla. Now while He was among those of

jerusalem, at the feast of the Pass- over, many believed on His Name, seeing the proofs which He gave. jesus, on His part, however, did not trust Himself to them; because He knew all: and because He had no need that any one should give Him evidence about man ; for He Himself knew what was in man. lexus sith Hiceireutxts. There was, however, among the

Pharisees, a man named Nicodemus, one ofthe judean princes. He came to Him during the night, and said to Him Rabbi, we know that You are a

Teacher come from God ; because no one could produce the proofs which You do unless God were with him. replied

that unless any one is born from above, he cannot see the King- Nicodemus therefore asked ‘ How can a man be born when

he is old ? Can he be conceived of his mother a second time, and be born ? ' replied

that if a man is not born from water and Spirit, he is unable to enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is. born from the flesh is Hesh; and that which is born from the Spirit is spirit. Do not be surprised that I told you, ‘ You must be born from above. The wind indeed, blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound; but yet you neither see whence it comes from, nor where it goes; so it is with all born of the Spirit. Nicodemus, answering Him, asked : 1019 18 20 2X 22