The Life of Christ

• Addressing her as “Woman,” was not disrespectful, as He used the same term from the cross (Jn. 19:26).

• This also reminds us of Gen. 3:15: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

• When Jesus addressed Mary as “Woman,” He was speaking to the “Woman” who would produce the Seed that would bruise Satan’s head.

Jesus ’ initial refusal to resolve the problem must have stunned her; all she could say to the servants was, “Whatever He says to you, do it!”

• However, because she was His mother, in an act of honor He still chose to attend to her request but in a way least expected.

The second issue in His statement addressed the fact that His hour had not come.

• The hour He referred to was His time on the cross which would bring Him glory.

• Mary did not anticipate a miracle, and yet Jesus responded back to her as though she did.

After this water-to-wine miracle, glory would certainly be assigned to Him (vs. 11), but before it even happened, He stated that His true hour of glory was yet to come.

• Jn. 17:1 says, "the hour is come, glorify your Son."

• Jesus died within a matter of hours following that statement.

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His true glory would manifest at the cross.

Jn. 2:6-8 Now there were six stone water-pots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the water-pots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the headwaiter.” And they took it to him.

This miracle followed a sizeable act of obedience on behalf of the servants.

• When they took them to the headwaiter, they still had no idea what was now in those water-pots.

Jn. 2:9-10 And when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom, 10 and said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when men have drunk freely, then that which is poorer; you have kept the good wine until now.”

What this headwaiter says is essentially this:

• When people are not intoxicated, they still have all of their keen senses to better appreciate the quality of the wine.

• But “when they have had a few,” the alcohol has now numbed their ability to discern the wine’s intricate texture.

• Therefore, it is odd that one would bring out his best wine later on.

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