“Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.”
Jesus replied, 'Woman, why do you involve me? My hour has not yet come' — Jesus' address "Woman" (gynē), though respectful, maintains distance; it is also the term by which Jesus will address his mother from the cross (19:26), suggesting tragic distance. "My hour" (hē hora mou) refers to Jesus' appointment with death and glorification; the statement that the hour "has not yet come" suggests that Mary seeks to precipitate events before God's time. Yet Jesus proceeds to act, creating interpretive tension.
Church Fathers on John 2:4
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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