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====Hermeneutic Examples found in the Gospels====
An example of hermeneutics can be found in the John, 2:19-20:
<blockquote>'''Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”</blockquote>
<blockquote>They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” </blockquote>
<blockquote>After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. </blockquote>
<blockquote>Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.'''</blockquote>
We see above the author of the gospel provide Gospel provides the interpretation of what the disciples later understood to be the meaning of the words.
Also found in the Gospel of John, also in Chapter 2, is the use of the Greek word "γύναι" or "gynai", which is pronounced "yee-neh".
At the time of the gospels, the term was a term of respect to women, much like the words "honorable madam". With this explanation of Ancient Greek and the cultural use of certain words as acts of respect to others, the following passage is easier to interpret:
<blockquote>''On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,</blockquote>
<blockquote>and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. </blockquote>
<blockquote>When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”</blockquote>
<blockquote>'''“Woman''',[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”''</blockquote>
====[[Apostolic Hermeneutics]] - The Apostles Interpretation of the Old Testament====
