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  • John 2:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 6 Now there were six stone water jars sitting there as required by the purification rules of the Jews,+ each able to hold two or three liquid measures.*

  • John 2:6
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 6 ἦσαν Were δὲ but ἐκεῖ there λίθιναι of stone ὑδρίαι water jars ἓξ six κατὰ according to τὸν the καθαρισμὸν purification τῶν of the Ἰουδαίων Jews κείμεναι, lying, χωροῦσαι having place for ἀνὰ up μετρητὰς measures δύο two ἢ or τρεῖς. three.

  • John 2:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 6 As it was, there were six stone water jars sitting there as required by the purification+ rules of the Jews, each able to hold two or three liquid measures.*

  • John 2:6
    The Bible in Living English
    • 6 And there were six stone water-jars there, holding twenty or thirty gallons each, set out in accordance with the Jews’ rites of cleansing.

  • John 2:6
    American Standard Version
    • 6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews’ manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

  • John 2:6
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 6 Now there were there six stone water-vessels, placed according to the purification of the Jews; holding each two or three measures.

  • John 2:6
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 2:6 it-2 1178; jy 41; w97 6/15 13; w95 3/1 5-6; gt chapter 15

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:6 w85 11/1 9; w84 11/1 31; ad 1652; im 85; w55 242

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 2:6

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1178

      Jesus—The Way, p. 41

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/1997, p. 13

      3/1/1995, pp. 5-6

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:6

      liquid measures: Many scholars equate the measure mentioned here (Greek, me·tre·tesʹ) with the Hebrew bath measure. Based on jar fragments bearing the designation “bath” in ancient Hebrew characters, some scholars understand the capacity of the bath measure to be about 22 L (5.81 gal). (1Ki 7:26; Ezr 7:22; Eze 45:14) If so, each of the water jars could hold between 44 and 66 L (11.6 and 17.4 gal), and the six jars combined would contain about 260 to 390 L (68.6 to 103 gal). Other scholars, though, believe that a larger Greek unit of measure (up to 40 L [10.5 gal]) may be referred to here.​—See App. B14.

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