* WATER INTO WINE *
JESUS, IN NOVEMBER OF 26 A.D., PERFORMED HIS FIRST PUBLIC MIRACLE (JOHN 2)! HIS MOTHER, DURING A CANA WEDDING CELEBRATION, TELLS HIM THE FESTIVITIES HAVE RUN OUT OF WINE. HIS SOLUTION IS TO HAVE SOME SERVANTS COMPLETELY FILL SIX LARGE STONE VESSELS WITH WATER WHICH THEN MIRACULOUSLY TURN INTO HIGH QUALITY EXPENSIVE WINE (VERSES 9 - 10).
THE AMOUNT OF WINE PRODUCED IS ESTIMATED TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 96 GALLONS (363.4 LITERS) TO 144 GALLONS (545 LITERS) OR POSSIBLY MORE!
* HEALING A MAN BORN BLIND *
JESUS, ON A WEEKLY SABBATH DAY IN NOVEMBER OF 29 A.D., HEALS A MAN BORN BLIND BY HAVING HIM WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM (JOHN 9:1 - 41). AFTER THE PHARISEES QUIZ THE MAN ABOUT WHO HEALED HIM AND HOW IT WAS DONE, THEY CAST HIM OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE!
* PAYING TAXES *
PETER, IN THE SAME MONTH AS ABOVE, IS ASKED WHETHER HE AND JESUS WILL PAY THE VOLUNTARY TAX MEANT TO SUPPORT JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE (MATTHEW 17:24 - 27). HE IS TOLD, AFTER TELLING THE LORD OF THE REQUEST, TO CAST HIS FISHING LINE INTO THE SEA OF GALILEE. THE FISH HE CATCHES MIRACULOUSLY HAS A COIN IN ITS MOUTH WHICH IS USED TO PAY THE TAX.
SOME FISH IN GALILEE DO INDEED HAVE MOUTHS LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD SUCH COINS, ONE OF WHICH IS NOW CALLED CHROMIS SIMONIS (NAMED AFTER SIMON PETER).
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