John 2:6 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁶ Now there were six stone water jars standing there, according to the purification rites of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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

⁶ 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)

⁶ Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

Common English Bible

⁶ 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

⁶ Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.

John 2:6 Cross References

Luke 16:6

And he said, 'A hundred baths of olive oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

John 2:7

Jesus said to them, "Fill the water jars with water."And they filled them up to the top.

John 3:25

Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

Ephesians 5:26

in order that He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of water by the word,

Hebrews 10:22

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

Hebrews 6:2

of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

[concerned] only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances which are imposed until a time of reformation.

Hebrews 9:19

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses according to law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,