The Book of John

[Gold Dragon]

Originally posted by Marcia:
4. The bins of water were for the ritual washing of hands that the Pharisees practiced, and Jesus used this water to turn it into wine

This is an excellent point that is often overlooked for its significance, but when understood in its cultural context, adds so much meaning to how 1st century Jews would have understood the story and why John chose this story to begin his account of Jesus' life.

Jesus takes the water in bins that were used for a traditional sacred Jewish ritual of cleansing and transformed it into something new that brings joy and pleasure.

 

[HOHNancy]

Originally posted by Plain Old Bill:
Nancy it might help you to ad www.biblecentre.net to your list of favorites.There are many helps there for you both old classic material which is good as well as newer material. This will help flesh out your personal study and give it more depth than a study Bible is able to provide.

Thank you Bill.

I appreciate that and I will look into it to help me study my Bible more.

Well, I like my Bible because it has a lot of helps, and thank you all for your answers....I think it makes sense now about the question the book asked me pertaining about Jesus turning water into wine. I have really learned a lot here!