THEY HAVE NO WINE
JOHN 2:1-11

Woman: a title of respect, but distance;
JOHN 19:26
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

JOHN 4:21
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

JOHN 20:13
13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” …
MATTHEW 15:28
28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

LUKE 13:12
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.”

Jesus’ habit of distancing Himself from His biological family;
LUKE 2:48–49
48 And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” 49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

MARK 3:32–35 (See also: Matthew 12:47-50, Luke 11:27-28)
32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” 33 And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

LUKE 11:27–28
27 …a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

JOHN 19:26–27
26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
An expression of distance;
2 SAMUEL 16:10 (See also; Judges 11:12)
10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?…”

MATTHEW 8:29 (See also; Mark 1:24, Mark 5:7, Luke 4;34, Luke 8:28)
29 And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

The time to do the will of His mother is ended. The time to do the will of His Father has begun;
JOHN 6:38
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

It is His followers, not His family, that receive His grace and favor.

Jesus’ ‘hour’;
JOHN 7:30
30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

JOHN 8:20
20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

JOHN 12:23
23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

JOHN 12:27
27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

A gentle rebuke followed but a further expression of faith;
MATTHEW 15:24–28
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire” …

JOHN 4:47–50
47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.

JOHN 11:21–27
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died… 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”

Genuine faith is nurtured—not destroyed—by discipline.

HEBREWS 12:5–7
…“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Six Stone Jars;
LEVITICUS 11:33
33 And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

MARK 7:3–4
3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash…

The kingdom of God is marked always by abundant provision.

PHILIPPIANS 4:19
19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Ritual cleansing is over. Christ transforms the containers of purification into containers of celebration.

HEBREWS 10:1
1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

1 JOHN 1:7
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son [purifies] us from all sin.

JOHN 6:53–55
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

No longer present at the wedding: water for ritual purification.

The theme of ‘knowing’;
JOHN 1:10–12
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

The true Bridegroom preparing for the true wedding;
JOHN 3:28–30
…29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”

REVELATION 19:7–9
7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come…9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”

A parable of replacing the shadow with the reality.

True disciples will see and believe the signs;
JOHN 3:2
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

JOHN 6:14 (See also; 4:54, 6:14, 7:31, 9:16, 20:30)
14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”

JOHN 1:12
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…

His sheep will believe, and have their belief affirmed.

ACTS 2:22
22 “…Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst…”


10/19/2025