John 2:2

2:2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. ¹ 

John 5:3

5:3 A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

John 7:11

7:11 So the Jewish leaders ²  were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?” ³ 

John 7:44

7:44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. ⁴ 

John 9:10

9:10 So they asked him, ⁵  “How then were you made to see?” ⁶ 

John 9:33

9:33 If this man ⁷  were not from God, he could do nothing.”

John 12:20

Seekers

12:20 Now some Greeks ⁸  were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.

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¹ sn There is no clue to the identity of the bride and groom, but in all probability either relatives or friends of Jesus’ family were involved, since Jesus’ mother and both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the celebration. The attitude of Mary in approaching Jesus and asking him to do something when the wine ran out also suggests that familial obligations were involved.

² tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents. See the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 1.

³ tn Grk “Where is that one?”

⁴ sn Compare John 7:30 regarding the attempt to seize Jesus.

⁵ tn Grk “So they were saying to him.”

⁶ tn Grk “How then were your eyes opened” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

⁷ tn Grk “this one.”

⁸ sn These Greeks (῞Ελληνές τινες, {ellhne" tine") who had come up to worship at the feast were probably “God-fearers” rather than proselytes in the strict sense. Had they been true proselytes, they would probably not have been referred to as Greeks any longer. Many came to worship at the major Jewish festivals without being proselytes to Judaism, for example, the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:27, who could not have been a proselyte if he were physically a eunuch.