John 2:10

"When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom"

Key Reflection

This scene in John 2:10 symbolizes how Jesus' miracles reveal his divine authority and transform ordinary circumstances into something extraordinary, much like turning water into wine. It foreshadows the transformational power of Christ's work, which is revealed to those who believe but remains hidden from those who remain skeptical or unaware.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 10. Every man. It is customary, or it is generally done. When men have well drunk. This word does not of necessity mean that they were intoxicated, though it is usually employed in that sense. It may mean when they have drunk sufficient, or to satiety; or have drunk so much as to produce hilarity, and to destroy the keenness of their taste, so that they could not readily distinguish the good from that which was worse. But this cannot be adduced in favour of drunkenness, even if it means to be intoxicated; for, 1st. It is not said of those who were present at that feast, but of what generally occurred. For anything that appears, at that feast all were perfectly temperate and sober.

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