authorities read: “they had no wine, for the wine of the mar- riage was consumed.” Marriage festivals sometimes lasted a whole week (Gen. xxix. 27; Judg. xiv. 15; Tobit ix. 12; x. 1).
They have no wine. Implying a request for help, not necessarily the expectation of a miracle.
4. Woman. Implying no severity nor disrespect. Compare xx. 13, 15. It was a highly respectful and affectionate mode of address.
What have I to do with thee (7/ éuol xal col). Lit., whats there to me and to thee. See on Mark v. 7, and compare Matt. viii. 29; xxvii. 19; Mark i. 24; Luke viii. 28. It occurs often in the Old Testament, 2 Sam. xvi. 10; 1 Kings xvii. 18, ete. Though in a gentle and affectionate manner, Jesus rejects her interference, intending to supply the demand in His own way. Compare John vi. 6. Wye., What to me and to thee, thou woman ?
Mine hour is not yet come. Compare viii. 20; xii. 23; xiii. 1. In every case the coming of the hour indicates some crisis in the personal life of the Lord, more commonly His pas- sion. Here the hour of His Messianic manifestation (ver. 11).
5. Unto the servants (dvaxcvois). See on Matt. xx. 26; Mark ix. 35.
6. Water-pots (dpéar). Used by John only, and only in the Gospel, ver. 7; iv. 28. Water-pots is literally correct, as the word is from dap, water.
Of stone. Because less liable to impurity, and therefore prescribed by the Jewish authorities for washing before and after meals.
After the manner of the purifying, etc. That is, for the purifications customary among the Jews.