John 2:6

New International Version

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

Cross References

Luke 16:6

“ ‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’

John 2:7

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

John 3:25

An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.

Ephesians 5:26

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

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 6:2

instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

Hebrews 9:19

When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.