John 2:12 (BSB)
After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
Commentary on John 2:12
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on John 2:12: 12. He went down to Capernaum. The Evangelist passes to an additional narrative; for having resolved to collect a few things worthy of remembrance which the other three had left out, he states the time when the occurrence which he is about to relate took place; for the other three also relate what we here read that Christ did, but the diversity of the time...
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 2:12-22: Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, Joh 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day's journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Mat 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 2:12: After this he went down to Capernaum,.... After he had been at Cana, and at the wedding there: after he had wrought the miracle of turning water into wine; and after he had manifested forth the glory of his deity thereby, and had confirmed the faith of his disciples, he departed from thence, and went lower into the country of Galilee, to Capernaum, a city...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on John 2:12: Verse 12. To Capernaum. . Not many days. The reason why he remained there no longer was that the Passover was near, and they went up to Jerusalem to attend it.