Teks -- John 2:5 (NET)

2:5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”

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Robertson: Joh 2:5 - Unto the servants

Unto the servants ( tois diakonois ).

See note on Mat 20:26 for this word (our "deacon,"but not that sense here).

Robertson: Joh 2:5 - Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it

Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it ( Hoti an legēi humin poiēsate ).

Indefinite relative sentence (hoti an and present active subjunctive, general statement) with aorist active imperative of poieō for instant execution. Mary took comfort in the "not yet"(oupō ) and recognized the right of Jesus as Messiah to independence of her, but evidently expected him to carry out her suggestion ultimately as he did. This mother knew her Son.

Vincent: Joh 2:5 - Unto the servants

Unto the servants ( διακόνοις )

See on Mat 20:26; see on Mar 9:35.

Wesley: Joh 2:5 - His mother saith to the servants

Gathering from his answer he was about to do something extraordinary.

JFB: Joh 2:4-5 - Woman

No term of disrespect in the language of that day (Joh 19:26).

JFB: Joh 2:4-5 - 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 Act 4:19-20).

JFB: Joh 2:4-5 - mine hour, &c.

Hinting that He would do something, but at His own time; and so she understood it (Joh 2:5).

Clarke: Joh 2:5 - His mother saith, etc.

His mother saith, etc. - The virgin seems to have understood our Lord as hinted above. It was not yet time to grant them a supply, because the want had not as yet been generally felt. But, silently receiving the respectful caution, she saw that the miracle should be wrought when it best suited the purposes of the Divine wisdom.

Calvin: Joh 2:5 - His mother saith to the servants

5.His mother saith to the servants Here the holy Virgin gives an instance of true obedience which she owed to her Son, ⁴⁷ when the question related, not to the relative duties of mankind, but to his divine power. She modestly acquiesces, therefore, in Christ’s reply; and in like manner exhorts others to comply with his injunctions. I acknowledge, indeed, that what the Virgin now said related to the present occurrence, and amounted to a declaration that, in this instance, she had no authority, and that Christ would do, according to his own pleasure, whatever he thought right. But if you attend closely to her design, the statement which she made is still more extensive; for she first disclaims and lays aside the power which she might seem to have improperly usurped; and next, she ascribes the whole authority to Christ, when she bids them do whatever he shall command. We are taught generally by these words, that if we desire any thing from Christ, we will not obtain our wishes, unless we depend on him alone, look to him, and, in short, do whatever he commands On the other hand, he does not send us to his mother, but rather invites us to himself.

Defender: Joh 2:5 - do it

Somewhat rebuked by Jesus' response to her desire for Him to get more wine for the guests, Jesus' mother is never shown again in Scripture as requesting or demanding anything from Jesus. Instead, the only command the record shows on her part, anywhere in Scripture, is this one. Simply: "Do whatever Jesus says!" No doubt she would say the same to us today."

TSK: Joh 2:5 - Whatsoever

Whatsoever : Joh 15:14; Gen 6:22; Jdg 13:14; Luk 5:5, Luk 5:6, Luk 6:46-49; Act 9:6; Heb 5:9, Heb 11:8

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Poole: Joh 2:5

She plainly by these words declareth her confidence that Christ (notwithstanding the repulse he gave her) would supply this want; and therefore taking no notice of Christ’ s reprehension of her, she orders the servants to be absolutely obedient to him, doing, without disputing, whatsoever he bid them; and indeed such is the obedience which we all owe to God and Jesus Christ.

Gill: Joh 2:5 - His mother said unto the servants // whatsoever he saith unto you, do it

His mother said unto the servants,.... She took the reproof in good part, and by the words he said, and the manner in which he spoke them, or by the looks he gave, and the gestures he might use, she hoped, and even believed, that the thing she moved for would be done; and therefore went immediately to the servants, and gave them the following instructions:

whatsoever he saith unto you, do it; punctually observe and obey his orders in every circumstance.