In John 2 Jesus does this at a wedding uniting a bride and a bridegroom; a celebration, a feast.
In John 3 Jesus calls himself the bridegroom (3:29).
Conclusion: John 2 is an anticipation of the real wedding, the true celebration, the ultimate feast. That's why Jesus told his mom, 'My time has not yet come.' His own wedding was yet to come. (HT: D. A. Carson, p. 179 of this book)
As Edmund Clowney once put it:
Jesus sat amidst all the joy sipping the coming sorrow, so that you and I today can sit amidst all this world's sorrow, sipping the coming joy.
What a feast it will be.
Dane Ortlund
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