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Hi, could somebody please tell me the meaning or 'moral' behind the parable of Jesus turning water into wine. Also why did he choose to teach in this way?
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At the marriage feast at Cana, Jesus turned water into wine because changing one element into another symbolised marriage. New life from old; first, as the relationship between two adults; then, in the children who are endowed with parts of both parents.
1st century Jewish wedding parties were elaborate occasions, lasting a least a whole weekend if not the week. In those days only men were invited to the actual meal; women toiled in the background. Mary was there, probably because she was known by the family and was helping with the arrangements. Then the wine ran out.
Miracles are presented as demonstrations of a supernatural power to engender belief in those around at the time and later in those to whom the tale is told.
Jesus seems to have been be a bit of a firebrand revolutionary, always trying to find a way of overturning the older generation's rituals and traditions. The jars he used were intended for water in Jewish Law ritual cleansing. He also involved the women in the process, an unheard of breach of the established good order! The man in charge of the feast tested it! He knew the difference between plonk and a good vintage. He was well pleased with the wine, the very best in his words. Jesus had transgressed yet another tradition; the caterer would have given good wine at the beginning of the feast, but as time went on the quality would have decreased, presumably the guests became less discerning as the alcohol and partying took hold. So in presenting a really good wine in such large quantities at a late stage was truly unusual.
Some will see the symbolism of the emptiness of Israel being turned into a plentiful potent force by the injection of Jesus, the transformation of a ritual bound and ultimately sterile Judaism into a dynamic expansive and evangelical Christianity.
They're right Caolissie, its not a parable but a miracle
It is also in John - and John does not call them miracles but simeia - signs. John selects 5 simeia of which this is one.
You may wonder if there was a reason why this one was chosen and the other answers give a good idea of the possible significations