EARLY WISDOM GOSPELS 77
Yeshua responded, saying,
"Because I told you I saw you under the fig tree,
do you believe?
You will see even greater things."
And he said to him,
"Truly, truly I say to you,
you will see the sky open
and angels of god ascending and descending
upon the earthly son."^22(Chapter 2)
WINE AND WATER AT A WEDDING
On the third day there was a wedding in Kana^23 in Galil, and Yeshua's mother
was there. Yeshua and his students had also been invited to the wedding. And
when the wine gave out, Yeshua's mother said to him, "They have no wine."
Yeshua said to her,
"What is that to me and you, woman?^24
My hour has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Do what he tells you."
Now, there were six waterpots of stone standing there for the Jewish cus-
tom of washing,^25 each holding two or three measures.^26
Yeshua said to them,
"Fill the pots with water."
They filled them to the brim.
And he said to them,
"Now pour some of the water out
and take it to the master of the feast."
They took it.
- Or "human son," "son of man," throughout the text.
- The gruff use of "woman," rather than "lady," is softened in many translations.
- Washing hands in rite of purification.
- Twenty or thirty gallons.