Year of the Bible
John 2
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Commentary on the Gospel According to St. John, Chapter 2:
Two events happen in this chapter, each revealing different aspects of Jesus’s mission and leading to belief. In the first half the chapter, Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding. When Jesus performs this sign (John’s word for miracle), the disciples see Jesus’ glory and come to believe. Initially Jesus resists taking action because it is not His hour, the word used for Jesus' glory in His death on the Cross. The second half the chapter takes Jesus to the Temple where He demonstrates His authority by cleansing it of a marketplace that prevents worship. He speaks of His future resurrection and performs more signs which draw more people to belief.
Gospel According to St. John, Chapter 2:
The Marriage at Cana
1 On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 2 Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. 3 When the wine failed, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do what ever he tells you.” 6 Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first; and when men have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brethren and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.
The Cleansing of the Temple
13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the moneychangers at their business. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples re membered that he had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did; 24 but Jesus did not trust himself to them, 25 because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man.
*Daily Lectio Divina Question:
In 1 Corinthians, which we just finished, Paul calls our bodies temples of the Holy Spirit. Today we read about the cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem and the prophesy which the Apostles recalled, "Zeal for your house will consume me." What is there in your life that Christ wishes to purify, to cleanse? Offer these things to the Lord and give him permission to cleanse the Temple of the Holy Spirit which is you.
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Juan 2
2 1 Al tercer día se celebraron unas bodas
en Caná de Galilea, y estaba allí
la madre de Jesús. 2 También fueron invitados
a la boda Jesús y sus discípulos.
3 Y, como faltó vino, la madre de Jesús
le dijo:
–No tienen vino.
4 Jesús le respondió:
–Mujer, ¿qué nos va a ti y a mí? Todavía
no ha llegado mi hora.
5 Dijo su madre a los sirvientes:
–Haced lo que él os diga.
6 Había allí seis tinajas de piedra preparadas
para las purificaciones de los
judíos, cada una con capacidad de unas
dos o tres metretas. 7 Jesús les dijo:
–Llenad de agua las tinajas.
Y las llenaron hasta arriba. 8 Entonces
les dijo:
–Sacadlo ahora y llevadlo al maestresala.
Así lo hicieron. 9 Cuando el maestresala
probó el agua convertida en vino,
sin saber de dónde provenía –aunque
los sirvientes que sacaron el agua lo sabían–,
llamó al esposo 10 y le dijo:
–Todos sirven primero el mejor
vino, y cuando ya han bebido bien, el
peor; tú, al contrario, has reservado el
vino bueno hasta ahora.
11 Así, en Caná de Galilea hizo Jesús
el primero de los signos con el que manifestó
su gloria, y sus discípulos creyeron
en él.
12 Después de esto bajó a Cafarnaún
con su madre, sus hermanos y sus discípulos;
y se quedaron allí unos días.
13 Pronto iba a ser la Pascua de los judíos
y Jesús subió a Jerusalén. 14 Encontró
en el Templo a los vendedores de
bueyes, ovejas y palomas, y a los cambistas
en sus puestos. 15 Con unas cuerdas
hizo un látigo y arrojó a todos del
Templo, con las ovejas y los bueyes; tiró
las monedas de los cambistas y volcó las
mesas. 16 Y les dijo a los que vendían palomas:
–Quitad esto de aquí: no hagáis de la
casa de mi Padre un mercado.
17 Recordaron sus discípulos que está
escrito: El celo de tu casa me consume.
18 Entonces los judíos replicaron:
–¿Qué signo nos das para hacer
esto?
19 Jesús respondió:
–Destruid este Templo y en tres días
lo levantaré.
20 Los judíos contestaron:
–¿En cuarenta y seis años ha sido
construido este Templo, y tú lo vas a levantar
en tres días?
21 Pero él se refería al Templo de su
cuerpo. 22 Cuando resucitó de entre los
muertos, recordaron sus discípulos que
él había dicho esto, y creyeron en la Escritura
y en las palabras que había pronunciado
Jesús.
23 Mientras estaba en Jerusalén durante
la fiesta de la Pascua, muchos creyeron
en su nombre al ver los signos
que hacía. 24 Pero Jesús no se fiaba de
ellos, porque los conocía a todos, 25 y no
necesitaba que nadie le diera testimonio
acerca de hombre alguno, porque conocía
el interior de cada hombre.
Pregunta de Lectio Divina del día de hoy
En 1 Corintios, que acabamos de termonar, Pablo llama a nuestros cuerpos templos del Espíritu Santo. Hoy leemos acerca de la limpieza del Templo en Jerusalén y la profesía que recordaron los Apóstoles, "El celo por tu hogar me consumirá." ¿Que hay en tiu vioda que Cristo desea purificar, limpiar? Ofrece estas cosas al Señor y dale permiso para limpiar el Templo del Espíritu Santo que eres tú.
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