John 2:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”(A) 6 [a]Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,(B) each holding twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
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- 2:6 Twenty to thirty gallons: literally, “two or three measures”; the Attic liquid measure contained 39.39 liters. The vast quantity recalls prophecies of abundance in the last days; cf. Am 9:13–14; Hos 14:7; Jer 31:12.
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