Giovanni 2:7

7 Gesù disse loro: Empiete d’acqua le pile. Ed essi le empierono fino in cima.

Giovanni 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

John 2:7

Jesus saith unto them
To the servants that waited at the feast,

fill the water pots with water.
The Ethiopic version adds, "to their brims", as they did. Christ chose the water pots, and not the vessel, or vessels, or bottles, now empty, out of which they had drank their wine; that it might not be said that there was any left therein, which gave colour and flavour to the water: and he ordered them to be filled with water by the servants, that they might take notice, and be witnesses, that that, and nothing else, was put into them; and up to the brims, so that they could not he capable of having any other liquor infused into them:

and they filled them up to the brim;
strictly observing the orders of Christ, and the instructions of his mother.

Giovanni 2:7 In-Context

5 Sua madre disse ai servitori: Fate tutto ciò ch’egli vi dirà.

6 Or quivi erano sei pile di pietra, poste secondo l’usanza della purificazion dei Giudei, le quali contenevano due, o tre misure grandi per una.

7 Gesù disse loro: Empiete d’acqua le pile. Ed essi le empierono fino in cima.

8 Poi egli disse loro: Attingete ora, e portatelo allo scalco. Ed essi gliel portarono.

9 E come lo scalco ebbe assaggiata l’acqua ch’era stata fatta vino or egli non sapeva onde quel vino si fosse, ma ben lo sapevano i servitori che aveano attinta l’acqua, chiamò lo sposo, e gli disse: