John 2:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification.  Each contained eighty or one hundred and twenty litres.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Common English Bible

Nearby were six stone water jars used for the Jewish cleansing ritual, each able to hold about twenty or thirty gallons.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece.

John 2:6 Cross References

Luke 16:6

‘ “A hundred measures of olive oil,” he said. ‘ “Take your invoice,” he told him, “sit down quickly, and write fifty.”

John 2:7

‘Fill the jars with water,’ Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

John 3:25

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples  and a Jew  about purification.

Ephesians 5:26

to make her holy, cleansing  her with the washing of water by the word.

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Hebrews 6:2

teaching about ritual washings,  laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgement.

Hebrews 9:10

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order.

Hebrews 9:19

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,  along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,