Jesus Changes Water Into Wine - On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." "Woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied.
"My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever. The water miraculously turns into wine, and the overseer declares that it was the best wine he had ever tasted. In this account, Jesus performed an amazing miracle, actually altering the molecular composition of the water, changing it into wine.
The story of Jesus turning water into wine reveals profound symbolic meanings, showcasing his miraculous power of transformation and the significance of his first public miracle. The story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana is found only in the Gospel of John. Why? This might be because Matthew, Mark, and Luke weren't present for the miracle, but John was.
Although in John's gospel, he doesn't specifically identify himself as being one of Jesus. The miracle is told of in John 2:1-11. Jesus, his mother, and his disciples attend a wedding in the village of Cana.
When the wine runs out at the feast, Jesus turns water into wine, thus demonstrating his divinity to his disciples. It demonstrates Jesus' divine authority over creation, as He transforms water into wine instantaneously. The use of stone jars for ceremonial washing highlights the transition from the old covenant, based on ritual purification, to the new covenant, characterized by grace and abundance through Christ.
Jesus took this ceremonial cleansing water and made it into wine. Jesus took that which was a pain and made it into a pleasure. Jesus took that which Jews would have found unfit to drink, and He made of it the best wine that has ever passed the lips of man.
What a picture this is of the superiority of the New Covenant to the Old, of grace to law. As the days went on, He did many other miracles, but this was remembered as the first, the turning of water into wine. Questions for discussion: 1.
"The third day"- after what? (See John.1:43.) 2. Where was Cana? Which of the disciples lived there? 3. What did the Lord do at the feast? What did He first require the servants to do? 4.
Water Turned to Wine - On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the.
As the wedding feast turned into a tremendous success with the presence of Jesus, our marriage can be a success with the presence of Jesus. Jesus took a simple object.