“And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.”
When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no more wine' — Mary's observation initiates the sign. Her statement is not explicitly a request, yet implies expectation of Jesus' intervention. The problem of wine failure represents a kind of eschatological lack, a social fracture requiring restoration.
Church Fathers on John 2:3
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee.
Galilee is a province; Cana a village in it.
Let the proud man blush to see the humility of God. Lo, among other things, the Son of the Virgin comes to a marriage; He who, when He was with the Father, instituted marriage.
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