The Wedding at Cana

The Wedding

starts with the betrothal

a solemn pledge to each other separated only by a divorce

wedding is on a Wednesday if a virgin

Thursday if a widdow

the groom and his friends make a procession to the brides home

sometimes at night by torch light

speeches and expressions of good will given

the bride is taken to the grooms home

the night of the wedding the couple is paraded through town to their new home. canopy and torches

there is a wedding banquet held / as long as a week

The Lack of Wine

the grooms family is obligated to supply enough for the banquet- poor

could be a lawsuit against the grooms family

great humiliation to the bride and groom

Jesus response/ the words are translated correctly but not the expression behind the words

Jesus was simply telling Mary to leave things to Him, that He would have His own way of dealing with the situation William Barkley

Gleanings About Jesus

He did not want the host humiliated

was at a poor persons wedding and enjoying Himself

The “Joy of Wine” the rabbis call wine, without it there is no joy Jesus kept the feast Joyful

His Grace was overflowing, 180 Gallons of the best

did not humiliate the host with the lack of preperation

Mary knew to go to Jesus in times of trouble

“My hour has not yet come”- the Cross- Jesus came to fulfill the desires of the Father

To the Greeks

like the Word refers to almighty God, Creator, Ruler

this account has a Greek refrance

Dionisos- the God of wine

The festival of thyia

Dio attends Thyia

set 3 empty vessels in the room and put the seal on the door

in the morning the vessels are full of wine for the festival

John is displaying to the Greeks that Jesus did, what is only a story a legend to them

Jesus came and did what you only dreamed your gods could do

Today

When Jesus is in our lives there is a new Joy

a new quality of life

Grace is poured into lives every day

Following Jesus, brings new water into wine, experiences

All we can do is fill the jugs with water

Jesus turns it into wine

And they believed v 11