Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, "Mow draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants, who had drawn the water knew. then he called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
John 2:6-10
Have I said this already? I love this passage. I love how much wine Jesus makes. Think about it: this party has been going long enough that they have no wine left. I'm sure the master of the banquet had not intended to run out of wine, so we can surmise that they were well into the festivities. And here Jesus goes and has 6 jars averaging 25 gallons filled to the brim. According to my Bible that's about 95 liters per jar. A bottle of wine is 750 milliliters. So 95 liters is about 127 bottles of wine. Now multiply that by 6! That's 762 bottles of wine. That's A LOT of wine. That's the kind of son of God Jesus is. He's extravagant. Wildly generous. He's limitless, beyond measure, way over the top.
And humble. Perhaps the most amazing part of this event is that no one knows about the miracle except the servants! Jesus didn't parade what he had done. In fact, he let's the bridegroom get the glory! Jesus does the work; he let's others get the credit: the servants, the bridegroom. It's astounding! It makes me want to reconsider how ravenously I tend to horde praise whenever it comes my way.
In verse 11, we see what Jesus gets out of this miracle. But we'll save that for tomorrow.
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