John 2:2

Young's Literal Translation

and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

King James Version (1611)
And both Iesus was called, and his disciples, to the mariage.

King James Version
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

English Standard Version
Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

New American Standard Bible
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

New Century Version
and Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding.

Amplified Bible
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

Legacy Standard Bible
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

Berean Standard Bible
and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus and his disciples had also been invited and were there.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua too was invited to the wedding, along with his talmidim.

Darby Translation
And Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus and his followers were also invited.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.

George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the marriage feast.

Good News Translation
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Lexham English Bible
And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.

Literal Translation
And Jesus and His disciples also were invited to the marriage.

American Standard Version
and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua also was invited, with his talmidim, to the marriage.

International Standard Version
and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Etheridge Translation
and Jeshu and his disciples were called to the feast.

Murdock Translation
And also Jesus and his disciples were invited to the feast.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus was called, and his disciples vnto the mariage.

English Revised Version
and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

World English Bible
Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the marriage.

Weymouth's New Testament
and Jesus also was invited and His disciples.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus was clepid, and hise disciplis, to the weddyngis.

Update Bible Version
and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

Webster's Bible Translation
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

New English Translation
and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

New King James Version
Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

New Living Translation
and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.

New Life Bible
Jesus and His followers were asked to come to the wedding.

New Revised Standard
Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, unto the marriage.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus was called also and his disciples vnto the mariage.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus also and his disciples was called vnto ye mariage.

Mace New Testament (1729)
as likewise Jesus and his disciples, who were all invited to the feast.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus's twelve cowboys were also invited to the party.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, ² and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage; ³ and wine having failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, `Wine they have not;' <sup>4</sup> Jesus saith to her, `What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.' ⁵ His mother saith to the ministrants, `Whatever he may say to you -- do.' <sup>6</sup> And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. <sup>7</sup> Jesus saith to them, `Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim; ⁸ and he saith to them, `Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare. <sup>9</sup> And as the director of the apartment tasted the water become wine, and knew not whence it is, (but the ministrants knew, who have drawn the water,) the director of the feast doth call the bridegroom, <sup>10</sup> and saith to him, `Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

both: Matthew 12:19, Luke 7:34-38, 1 Corinthians 7:39, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17, Revelation 3:20, his: Matthew 10:40-42, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45

the marriage: Hebrews 13:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:10 - General Psalms 116:4 - called Matthew 7:8 - General Matthew 11:19 - came Luke 8:24 - Master

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.

Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

Genesis 2:11
the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold [is],

Exodus 23:12
`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

Exodus 31:17
between Me and the sons of Israel it [is] a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

Deuteronomy 5:14
and the seventh day [is] a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who [is] within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;

Isaiah 58:13
If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

John 5:17
And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

Hebrews 4:4
for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And both Jesus was called,.... Or invited, as being a relation, according to the flesh:

and his disciples, to the marriage; who were bidden, on his account; and they seem to be these, Andrew, and the other disciple, that followed Jesus, and Simon Peter, and Philip, and Nathanael, who was of this place; and accordingly they all went to it. Christ, and his five disciples, made six of the ten, which were always necessary to be present at, the benediction of bridegrooms: for so runs the canon m;

"they do not bless the blessing of bridegrooms, but with ten principal and free men; and the bridegroom may be one of the number.''

To attend a wedding, was reckoned, with the Jews, an act of beneficence and kindness n. Our Lord, being at this wedding, was acting like himself, and his general character, of being free, affable, and courteous; who accepted of every invitation, and refused not to be at any entertainment, made by who it would, or on whatever occasion: and particularly in this instance, it shows his humility in not disdaining his poor relations, but giving them his company at such a time; as also it was bearing a testimony to the institution of marriage, as honourable; and teaches us to rejoice with them that rejoice: and as this was, at the first of Christ's ministry and miracles, it is likely it might give the occasion of that calumny cast on him in Matthew 11:19. The disciples of Christ followed the example of their master. According to the Jewish cations o, a disciple of a wise man might not partake of any feast, but what was according to the commandment, as the feast of espousals, and of marriage; and such a feast was this, which Christ and his disciples were at; and so not to be condemned for it, according to their own maxims.

m Maimon. Hilch. Ishot, c. 10. sect. 5. Pirke Eliezer, c. 19. Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 9. 3. n Maimon in Misn. Peah, c. 1. sect. 1. o T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 49. 1. & Maimon. Hilchot Deyot, c. 5. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His disciples - Those that he had made when in Judea. These were Peter, Andrew, Philip, and Nathanael. They were not yet called to be apostles, but they believed that he was the Messiah. The miracle performed here was doubtless to convince them more fully that he was the Christ.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 2:2. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples — There are several remarkable circumstances here.

1. This was probably the first Christian wedding that was ever in the world.

2. The great Author of the Christian religion, with his disciples, (probably then only four or five in number, see John 1:37, c.,) were invited to it.

3. The first miracle Jesus Christ wrought was at it, and in honour of it.

4. The mother of Christ, the most pure of all virgins, the most holy of all wives, and the first Christian mother, was also at it.

5. The marriage was according to God, or these holy persons would not have attended it.

6. The bride and bridegroom must have been a holy pair, otherwise they would have had nothing to do with such holy company.

Marriage is ever honourable in itself but it is not at all times used honourably. Where Jesus is not invited to bless the union, no good can be expected; and where the disciples of sin and Satan are preferred to the disciples of Christ, on such occasions, it is a melancholy intimation that so bad a beginning will have a bad ending. I am afraid we may search long, before we find a marriage conducted on such principles as this appears to have been, even among those who make more than a common profession of the religion of Christ.