Now there were six stone water jars there (A)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty (B)gallons.[a]

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  1. John 2:6 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(A) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[a]

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  1. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters