When the headwaiter tasted the water (A)which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, 10 and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people (B)have [a]drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This beginning of His [b](C)signs Jesus did in Cana of (D)Galilee, and manifested His (E)glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:10 Or have become drunk
  2. John 2:11 Or attesting miracles; i.e. one which points to the supernatural power of God in redeeming grace

and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(A) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(B) through which he revealed his glory;(C) and his disciples believed in him.(D)

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