& 9.9. Lu. 24. 27. f Ma. 2. 23. Lu. 2. 4. Cana of Galilee. rily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. CHAP. II. 1 AND the third Ze. 6. 12. day there was a marriage in a Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. g ch. 7. 41, 42.52. Ps. 32. 2. & 73. 1. Ro. 2. 28, 4. 12. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold han Is-h ch. 8. 39. raelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Je sus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, i thou art the Son of God; thou art k the King of Israel. & 9. 6. i Ma. 14. 33. k ch. 18. 37. & 19. 3. Ps. 2. 6. Is. 9. 7. Je. 23. 5. Da. 9. 25, Ma. 21.5. & 27. 11. 42. Lu. 19. 38. 1Ge. 28. 12. Ma. 4. 11. Lu.2.9.13. & 22. 43. & 24. 4. 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto Ac. 10. 3. thee, I saw thee una Jos. 19.28. der the fig tree, be- b ch. 19. 26. lievest thou? thou e 2 Sa. 16.10. shalt see greater & 19. 22. things than these. d ch. 7. 6. 51 And he saith un-e Mar. 7. 3. to him. Verily, ve 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her, b Woman, what have I to do with thee? dmine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 6 And there were Set there six waterpots of stone, e after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. Christ purgeth 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. JOHN II. f ch. 4. 6. 5 ch.114, Ps. 72. 19. Is. 40. 5. h Ma. 12.46. eh. 5. 1. & 6. 4. & 11. 55. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted thef water that was made wine, and knew i ver. 23. not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew; the governor of the feast called groom, Ex. 12.14. De. 16. 1. 16. the bride-k Ma. 21. 12. Mar.11.15. 10 And saith unto at Lu. 19.45 30. him, Every man 1 Lu. 2. 49. the beginning doth m Ps. 69.9. set forth good wine; n ch. 6. and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. him. Ma. 12. 39. Ma. 26. 61. & 27. 40. Mar.14.58. & 15. 29. ver. 20 from the 11 This beginning Dr. Lightof miracles did Jesus foot comin Cana of Galilee, putes that it and g manifested forth was fortyhis glory; and his six years disciples believed on founding of Zerubbabel's 12 After this he temple, in went down to Caper- the second naum, he, and his year of Cymother, and h his rus, to the establishment brethren, and his dis- of the temciples: and they con- ple-service, tinued there not many in the thirdays. ty-second 13 And the Jews' year of ArPassover was taxerxes. at the temple. hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house dise. of merchan 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, m The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, n What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple lin building*, and wilt 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto. them; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. a & 6. 19. Col. 2. 9. He. 8. 2. Lu. 24. 8. ch. 6. 64. & 16.30. 1 Ch. 28.9. Ma. 9. 4. ch. 7. 50. & 19. 39. 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at b ch. 9. 16. the Passover, in the Ac. 2. 22. feast day, many be-e Ac. 10. 38. lieved in his name, d when they saw the miracles which he did. ch. 1. 13. 1 Jno.3.9. e Mar.16.16. not commit himself + Or, from man. for rhe CHAP III. Or, from above. fEc. 11.5. 1 Co. 2.11. ver. 5 * i. e. Ex1 THERE was a cept a man man of the Pharisees, be partaker named Nicodemus, a of those ruler of the Jews: sanctifying influences of 2 a The same came the Holy to Jesus by night, Ghost, and said unto him, which have Rabbi, we know that often been thou art a teacher compared to the washing come from God for of water-. nob man can do these 225 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, e Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sonnd thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. him, & How can these] A. D. 30. things be? 10 Jesus answered g ch. 6. 52. and said unto him, 60. love of God. rish, but have everlasting life. 17 P For God sent not his Son into the Art thou a master of h ch. 1. 18. world to condemn the Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 h Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do i know, and testify k that we have seen; and i ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And k no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so m must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. & 7. 16. & 8. 29. & 12. 49. & 14, 24. Ma. 11. 27. world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 9 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 1Co.15.47. Ep. 4.9,10. Nu. 21.9. m ch. 8 28. & 12. 32, n ver. 36. ch. 6. 47. o Lu. 2. 14. Ro. 5.8. 2 Co. 5.19. p q r 21. Tit. 3. 4. 10. 16. ch. 5. 45. ch. 5. 24. & 20. 31. ch. 1.4.9, 10, 11. & 8. 12. s Job 24. 13. 17. 16 For God SO loved the world, that Ep. 5. 13. he gave his only be- + Or, disgotten Son, that who-covered. soever believeth int ch. 4. 2. him should not pe-l 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also JOHN IV. in A. D. 30. Sa because there u 1 Sa. 9. 4. water x Ma. 3.5, 6. they y Ma. 14. 3. came, and were bap-z ch. 1.7. 15. tized. 24 For John was not yet cast into pri son. 27. 34. a 1 Co. 4. 7. Mar. 1.2. Lu. 1. 17. Ma. 22. 2. 2 Co. 11.2. 25 Then there arose + Or, take a question between unto himsome of John's disci-self. ples and the Jews b ch. 1. 20. about purifying. c Mal. 3. 1. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, hed that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou bearest Re. 21.9. witness, behold, the e Ca. 5. 1. same baptizeth, and f ver. 13. all men come to ch. 8. 23. him. g Ma. 28. 18. 27 John answered Ro. 9. 5. and said, a A man h1 Co. 15.47. can receive + nothing, i ch. 6. 33. except it be given him from heaven. ICo.15 47. k ver. 11. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 d He that hath m the bride is the bride-n groom: but e the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly be cause of the bridegroom's voice: this ch 8. 26. Ro. 3. 4. concerning Christ. my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 fle that cometh from above g is above all he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: i he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 And k what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 34 For m he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit n by measure unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 P He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath Ma. 11. 27. of God abideth on Lu. 10. 22. him. eh. 7. 16. ch. 1. 16. ch. 5. 20. He. 2. 8. ch. 1. 12. Ha. 2. 4. CHAP. IV. I WHEN therefore the Lord knew how |