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Joh 2:1-12.
英文原文
Joh 2:1-12.
FIRST MIRACLE, WATER MADE WINE--BRIEF VISIT TO CAPERNAUM.
1. third day--He would take two days to reach Galilee, and this was the third.
mother there--it being probably some relative's marriage. John never names her [BENGEL].
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3. 没有酒了——显然期望他彰显某种荣耀,并暗示现在正是他的时机。
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3. no wine--evidently expecting some display of His glory, and hinting that now was His time.
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4, 5. 妇人——在那时的语言中并不是不尊重的称呼
(Joh 19:26)。
我与你有什么相干——即,「在我父的事上,我只与他打交道。」这是对多管闲事的温和责备,进入了那把一切受造之物都排除在外的领域(比较
Ac 4:19, 20)。
我的时候等等——暗示他会做些事,但要在自己的时间;她也如此理解
(Joh 2:5)。
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4, 5. Woman--no term of disrespect in the language of that day
(Joh 19:26).
what . . . to do with thee--that is, "In my Father's business I have to do with Him only." It was a gentle rebuke for officious interference, entering a region from which all creatures were excluded (compare
Ac 4:19, 20).
mine hour, &c.--hinting that He would do something, but at His own time; and so she understood it
(Joh 2:5).
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6. 水缸——犹太度量约七加仑半,亚提卡度量约九加仑;因此这些巨大的水缸每一个可盛约二十多加仑,供筵席时洁净之用
(Mr 7:4)。
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6. firkins--about seven and a half gallons in Jewish, or nine in Attic measure; each of these huge water jars, therefore, holding some twenty or more gallons, for washings at such feasts
(Mr 7:4).
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7, 8. 倒满……舀出来……送去——他指挥一切,但自己什么也不碰,为要防止一切串通之嫌。
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7, 8. Fill . . . draw . . . bear--directing all, but Himself touching nothing, to prevent all appearance of collusion.
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9, 10. 喝醉了——「畅饮」(如
So 5:1),
论到一般的做法。
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9, 10. well drunk--"drunk abundantly" (as
So 5:1),
speaking of the general practice.
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10. 好酒……直到如今——因此在不知道供应源头的情形下,它见证不仅这是真正的酒,而且比筵席上任何酒都更好。
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10. the good wine . . . until now--thus testifying, while ignorant of the source of supply, not only that it was real wine, but better than any at the feast.
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11. 显出他的荣耀来——这样的话对先知或使徒的神迹从未说过,若对任何受造者说就是明显的亵渎。请注意,(1) 在一个婚礼上,基督首次在任何人群中公开出现,并在一个婚礼上行了他头一件神迹——对那神所设立的制度所能给予的最崇高认可。(2) 正如那神迹没有把坏的变成好的,而是把好的变得更好,照样基督教只是救赎、圣化并提升那蒙福却被滥用的婚姻制度;而基督的全部工作只是把地上的水变为天上的酒。所以「这头一件神迹」展现了他全部使命的性质,并「显出他的荣耀」。(3) 正如基督认可我们欢庆的季节,也同样认可那适合于此的更大丰盛;他远非鼓励那种禁欲主义——这后来常被当作全部的宗教。(4) 罗马教徒归于童女的特性和权柄,正与这经文和其他经文相违背。
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11. manifested forth his glory--Nothing in the least like this is said of the miracles of prophet or apostle, nor could without manifest blasphemy be said of any mere creature. Observe, (1) At a marriage Christ made His first public appearance in any company, and at a marriage He wrought His first miracle--the noblest sanction that could be given to that God-given institution. (2) As the miracle did not make bad good, but good better, so Christianity only redeems, sanctifies, and ennobles the beneficent but abused institution of marriage; and Christ's whole work only turns the water of earth into the wine of heaven. Thus "this beginning of miracles" exhibited the character and "manifested forth the glory" of His entire Mission. (3) As Christ countenanced our seasons of festivity, so also that greater fulness which befits such; so far was He from encouraging that asceticism which has since been so often put for all religion. (4) The character and authority ascribed by Romanists to the Virgin is directly in the teeth of this and other scriptures.
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12. 迦百农——在加利利海边。(见
Mt 9:1)。
他母亲和他的兄弟们——(见
Lu 2:51,
以及
Mt 13:54-56)。
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12. Capernaum--on the Sea of Galilee. (See on
Mt 9:1).
his mother and his brethren--(See on
Lu 2:51,
and
Mt 13:54-56).
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Joh 2:13-25.
Joh 2:13-25.
基督的第一个逾越节——首次洁净圣殿。
英文原文
Joh 2:13-25.
CHRIST'S FIRST PASSOVER--FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE.
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14-17. 在殿里——不是殿的本身,如
Joh 2:19-21,
而是殿院。
卖牛等等——为那些要献祭之人的方便。
兑换银钱的人——把罗马钱币兑换成犹太钱币,殿税(见
Mt 17:24)
必须用它缴纳。
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14-17. in the temple--not the temple itself, as
Joh 2:19-21,
but the temple-court.
sold oxen, &c.--for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice.
changers of money--of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on
Mt 17:24)
had to be paid.
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15. 绳子——可能是铺作铺盖的芦苇中的一些,拧起来用以拴住聚集在那里的牲畜。「不是借着这条细鞭,而是借着神性的威严完成了驱逐,鞭子不过是神圣忿怒之鞭笞的记号」[格罗蒂乌]。
倒出……推翻——如此表达了那冲动的混合的愤慨与权柄。
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15. small cords--likely some of the rushes spread for bedding, and when twisted used to tie up the cattle there collected. "Not by this slender whip but by divine majesty was the ejection accomplished, the whip being but a sign of the scourge of divine anger" [GROTIUS].
poured out . . . overthrew--thus expressing the mingled indignation and authority of the impulse.
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16. 我父的殿——这话与
Lu 2:49
何等相似;同一种对圣殿之内在关系的意识——作为他父最庄严敬拜的所在,因此也是地上一切当归与之物的象征——决定了两次发言。只不过,当他还是一个青年、没有权柄时,他只是「在他自己家里的儿子」;如今他是「在他自己家之上的儿子」
(Heb 3:6),
是他父亲权益的正式代表,并在肉身中是其「后嗣」。
作买卖的地方——买卖本身并没有错;但为着自己和别人的方便,把这买卖带进那最神圣的地方,是一种蛮横的亵渎,是耶稣的眼目所不能容忍的。
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16. my Father's house--How close the resemblance of these remarkable words to
Lu 2:49;
the same consciousness of intrinsic relation to the temple--as the seat of His Father's most august worship, and so the symbol of all that is due to Him on earth--dictating both speeches. Only, when but a youth, with no authority, He was simply "a SON IN His own house"; now He was "a SON OVER His own house"
(Heb 3:6),
the proper Representative, and in flesh "the Heir," of his Father's rights.
house of merchandise--There was nothing wrong in the merchandise; but to bring it, for their own and others' convenience, into that most sacred place, was a high-handed profanation which the eye of Jesus could not endure.
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17. 我为你的殿,心里焦急,如同火烧——这是预言中受苦弥赛亚品格的一个荣耀特征
(Ps 69:9),
甚至在一些不配解他鞋带的人身上也出现了。
(Ex 32:19,
等等)。
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17. eaten me up--a glorious feature in the predicted character of the suffering Messiah
(Ps 69:9),
and rising high even in some not worthy to loose the latchet of His shoes.
(Ex 32:19,
&c.).
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18-22. 你既作这些事,还显什么神迹给我们看呢?——虽然基督的作为和话语合在一起已经是足够的记号,他们却不信:然而他们被震慑,虽然在他下次到耶路撒冷时,他们要「想要杀他」,因为他论「他父」正如他现在所说
(Joh 5:18),
但在这早期阶段,他们只求一个记号。
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18-22. What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?--Though the act and the words of Christ, taken together, were sign enough, they were unconvinced: yet they were awed, and though at His very next appearance at Jerusalem they "sought to kill Him" for speaking of "His Father" just as He did now
(Joh 5:18),
they, at this early stage, only ask a sign.
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19. 你们拆毁这殿,我三日内要再建立起来等等——(见
Mr 14:58, 59)。
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19. Destroy this temple, &c.--(See on
Mr 14:58, 59).
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20. 这殿是四十六年才造成的——从希律第十八年到那时恰好四十六年[约瑟夫《犹太古史记》15.11.1]。
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20. Forty and six years--From the eighteenth year of Herod till then was just forty-six years [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 15.11.1].
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21. 他的身体为殿——其中供奉着永远之道的荣耀。(见
Joh 1:14)。
借着它的复活,地上神真正的殿就被建立起来,那石头造的不过是它的影子;所以这话并非完全只指他自己,也涵盖了那以他为根基、并且一切信徒是其「活石」的殿。
(1Pe 2:4, 5)。
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21. temple of his body--in which was enshrined the glory of the eternal Word. (See on
Joh 1:14).
By its resurrection the true Temple of God upon earth was reared up, of which the stone one was but a shadow; so that the allusion is not quite exclusively to Himself, but takes in that Temple of which He is the foundation, and all believers are the "lively stones."
(1Pe 2:4, 5).
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22. 信了圣经——在这事上信了圣经;即明白了其中的意思,而在此之前他们对这意思一无所知。请留意:(1)基督如何以一个作为来标示他首次在圣殿的公开显现。他「把簸箕拿在手里,扬净他的场」,虽然并不彻底,却足以预示他最后对那不信之民所要行的——就是要把他们从神的家中扫出去。(2)他这样作的权柄的记号,是在他事工一开始之际所宣告的:他们将借他手杀死他、又借他自己复活——这些事要为他们受审被驱逐铺路。
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22. believed the scripture--on this subject; that is, what was meant, which was hid from them till then. Mark (1) The act by which Christ signalized His first public appearance in the Temple. Taking "His fan in His hand, He purges His floor," not thoroughly indeed, but enough to foreshadow His last act towards that faithless people--to sweep them out of God's house. (2) The sign of His authority to do this is the announcement, at this first outset of His ministry, of that coming death by their hands, and resurrection by His own, which were to pave the way for their judicial ejection.
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23-25. 在节期——前述的事大概是在节期开始之前发生的。
有许多人信了——是肤浅地信了,仅仅因「他所行的神迹」而震惊。关于这些人,我们没有记载。
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23-25. in the feast day--the foregoing things occurring probably before the feast began.
many believed--superficially, struck merely by "the miracles He did." Of these we have no record.
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24. 不将自己交托——「交托」,或让自己随随便便地交在他们手中,像对他的真门徒那样。
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24. did not commit--"entrust," or let Himself down familiarly to them, as to His genuine disciples.
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25. 知道人心里所存的——再用什么话比这更清楚地论到基督,论到那在
Jer 17:9, 10
等处所否认于一切受造之物的事,是不可能的。
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25. knew what was in man--It is impossible for language more clearly to assert of Christ what in
Jer 17:9, 10,
and elsewhere, is denied of all mere creatures.
Joh 2:1-12.
头一件神迹,水变酒——短暂访问迦百农。
1. 第三日——他要用两天到达加利利,这就是第三日。
母亲在那里——大概是某位亲戚的婚礼。约翰从不提她的名字[本格尔]。