Fill (γεμισατε). Effective first aorist active imperative of γεμιζω, to fill full.

With water (υδατος). Ge…

With water. This was done by the servants employed at the feast. It was done by them, so that there might be no opportunity of saying that…

Fill the waterpots.—It is implied that the pitchers were wholly or partly empty, as the water in them had been used for t…

There was no fear of anything but water being there: They filled them up to the brim. They obeyed Christ to the letter. If Christ says to …

St. John Chrysostom: Although He had said, Mine hour is not yet come, He afterward did what His mother told Him, in o…

The stone jars were large, containing about twenty gallons apiece. By the social rules of the day, all the guests were expected to wash their hands…

Fill the water-pots with water. The servants might have been inclined to view this command as absurd, for they already had more than enoug…

Jesus says to them
To the servants that waited at the feast,

fill the water pots with water .
The …

It is very desirable when there is a marriage, to have Christ acknowledge and bless it. Those who want Christ with them at their marriage must invi…

Previously, the Evangelist showed the dignity of the incarnate Word and gave various proofs for it. Now he begins to recount the effects and action…