John 2:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Iesus sayth vnto them: fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled them vp to the brym.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Γεμίσατε τὰς ὑδρίας ὕδατος. Καὶ ἐγέμισαν αὐτὰς ἕως ἄνω.

Transliteration

Legei to them the Iēsous, Gemisate the hydrias of hydatos. And egemisan them until anō.

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - says/tells
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Gemisate*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd plural - fill
• *hydrias*: accusative, feminine, plural - water jars/pots
• *hydatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of water
• *egemisan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they filled
• *anō*: adverb - up/to the top

Word Meanings

• *Gemisate*: fill/make full
• *anō*: up/to the top/to the brim

Referenced Verses

• Num 21:6-9 : 6 Wherfore the Lorde sent fierie serpentes among the people, which stong them: and much people of Israel dyed. 7 Therfore the people came to Moyses, & sayd: We haue sinned, for we haue spoken agaynst the Lord and agaynst thee: make intercession to the Lord that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moyses made intercession for ye people: 8 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Make thee a fierie serpent, and set it vp vpon a pole: that as many as are bitten may loke vpon it, and lyue. 9 And Moyses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vpon a pole: and when the serpent had bitten any man, he behelde the serpent of brasse, and lyued.
• Josh 6:3-5 : 3 And ye shall compasse all the citie, all ye that be men of warre, and go rounde about it once: & so shal you do sixe dayes. 4 And seuen priestes shall beare before the arke seuen trumpettes of rammes hornes: And the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen tymes, and the priestes shal blowe with the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the rammes horne, and ye heare the sounde of the horne, all the people shall shout with a great shout: And then shall the wall of the citie fall downe, and the people shall assende vp, euery man strayght before hym.
• 1 Kgs 17:13 : 13 And Elias saide vnto her, Feare not, go, and do as thou hast saide: but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, & bring it vnto me, and afterward make for thee and thy sonne.
• 2 Kgs 4:2-6 : 2 Elisa saide vnto her: Tell me what I shall do for thee? What hast thou in thyne house? She saide: Thyne handemayde hath nothing at all in the house, saue a pitcher with oyle. 3 He saide vnto her: Go, and borow vessels for thee of them that are without, euen of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and that not a fewe: 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore after thee and after thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels: and set asyde that which is full. 5 And so she went from him, and shut the doore after her & after her sonnes: And they brought to her, & she powred out. 6 And it came to passe, that when the vessels were ful, she said vnto her sonne: Bryng me yet a vessel. And he said vnto her: I haue no mo. And ye oyle ceassed.
• 2 Kgs 5:10-14 : 10 And Elisa sent a messenger vnto him, saying: Go, and washe thee in Iordane seuen tymes, and thy fleshe shall come againe to thee, and thou shalt be cleansed. 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and saide: Beholde, I thought with my selfe, he would surely come out, and stande and call on the name of the Lord his god, & put his hand on the place, that he may heale the leprosie. 12 Are not Abana and Pharphar riuers of Damasco, better then all the waters of Israel? If I washe me also in them, shal I not be cleansed? And so he turned him, and departed with displeasure. 13 And his seruauntes came, and communed with him, and saide: Father, if the prophet had byd thee do some great thing, oughtest thou not to haue done it? How much rather then when he saith to thee, washe, and be cleane? 14 Then went he downe, & washed him selfe seuen tymes in Iordane, according to the saying of the man of God, and his fleshe came againe lyke vnto the fleshe of a litle childe, and he was cleansed.
• Mark 11:2-6 : 2 And sayth vnto them. Go your way into the towne, that is ouer against you: And assoone as ye be entred into it, ye shall fynde a colte bounde, wheron neuer man sate: loose hym, and bryng hym hyther. 3 And yf any man say vnto you, why do ye so? Say ye, that the Lorde hath neede of hym: and strayghtway he wyll sende hym hyther. 4 And they went their way, and founde the colt tyed by the doore without, in a place where two wayes met: and they loosed hym. 5 And diuers of them that stoode there, sayde vnto them: What do ye loosyng the colte? 6 And they sayde vnto them, euen as Iesus had commaunded: And they let them go.
• Mark 14:12-17 : 12 And the first day of vnleuened bread, when they dyd sacrifice the Passouer, his disciples sayde vnto hym: Where wylt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passouer? 13 And he sendeth foorth two of his disciples, and sayth vnto them: Go ye into the citie, & there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water, folowe him. 14 And whyther soeuer he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house, the maister sayth: Where is the ghest chaumber, where I shall eate the Pasouer with my disciples? 15 And he wyll shewe you a large vpper chaumber, paued and prepared: there make redy for vs. 16 And his disciples went foorth, & came into the citie, & founde as he had sayd vnto them: & they made redy the Passouer. 17 And when it was nowe euen tyde, he came with the twelue.
• John 2:3 : 3 And whe the wyne fayled, the mother of Iesus sayth vnto hym: they haue no wyne.
• John 2:5 : 5 His mother sayth vnto the ministers: Whatsoeuer he sayth vnto you, do it.
• Acts 8:26-40 : 26 And the Angell of the Lorde spake vnto Philip, saying: Aryse, and go towarde the South, vnto the waye that goeth downe from Hierusalem vnto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose, & went on: and behold a man of Ethiopia, an Eunuch, & of great auctoritie with Candace, Queene of the Ethiopias, & had the rule of all her treasure, came to Hierusale for to worship. 28 And as he returned home agayne, sittyng in his charet, he read Esaias the prophete. 29 Then the spirite said vnto Philip: Go neare, & ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, & heard hym reade the prophete Esaias, & saide: vnderstandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said: how can I, except I had a guyde? And he desired Philip that he woulde come vp, and sit with hym. 32 The tenour of the scripture which he read, was this: He was ledde as a sheepe to the slaughter, & lyke a lambe dumbe before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth. 33 In his humilitie, his iudgement is exalted: But who shall declare his generation? For his lyfe is taken from the earth. 34 And the Eunuche aunswered Philip, and sayde: I pray thee of whom speaketh the prophete this? Of hym selfe, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached vnto hym Iesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certayne water, and the Eunuche sayde: See, here is water, what doth let me to be baptized? 37 Philip sayde vnto hym If thou beleuest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he aunswered, and saide: I beleue that Iesus Christe is the sonne of God. 38 And he commaunded the charet to stande styll: and they went downe both into the water, both Philip and also the Eunuche: and he baptized hym. 39 And assoone as they were come out of the water, the spirite of ye Lorde caught away Philip, that the Eunuche sawe hym no more. And he went on his way reioycyng. 40 But Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked throughout the countrey, preachyng in all the cities, tyll he came to Cesarea.