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Exegetical Considerations

                                                       John 2:1-11

                                 2nd Sunday after Epiphany/ January 18, 2004

1. What is the literary context of this passage?

a. How does that context help provide an interpretive framework for this text?

2. How does the time reference in 2:1 foreshadow the theological time reference used in 2:19?

3. What is significant about the fact that Jesus’ mother is never named in John’s gospel?

4. What is the thrust of Jesus’ question to his mother in v. 4?

5. How does the reference to ora mou in v. 4 foreshadow its uses in 7:30; 8:20; 12:23; 13:1; 17:1?

6. How does the use of katharismon in v. 6 foreshadow 3:25-30; 13:10-11?

7. How does the use of pothen in v. 9 foreshadow 3:8; 4:11; 6:5; 7:27-28; 8:14; 19:9?

8. How does the steward’s comment in v. 10 serve as a theological precedence as it involves Moses and Jesus; John and Jesus; the temple and Jesus?

a. What does this say about God’s saving activity?

9. What is John’s theology of signs, and how is that evident here?

10. How does the use of archen in v. 11 recall 1:1?