In their desire to prove that Christ was….married, they served us one more, foolish theory.

These distorters stated on camera that “the one getting married at Cana of Galilee… was Jesus!”

 

THE REALITY

To begin with, it is easy to see that no such thing is surmised from the relevant passage; therefore their conclusions are entirely arbitrary.  But they are to be laughed at, for their tragic improprieties, or else, one could simply feel sorry for the wretched state that fanaticism can cause to people.

The original passage says the following:

⁷ Jesus said to them: “Fill the water urns with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And He said to them, “Now draw from them, and bring some to the master of ceremonies.” And they brought it to him. ⁹ As soon as the master of ceremonies tasted the water that had turned into wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of ceremonies called out to the bridegroom ¹⁰ and said to him: “Everyone serves the good wine at the beginning, and when the guests have drunk sufficiently, then they serve the inferior wine. But You have kept the good wine until last!”  (John 2:7-10)

 

In brief:

- Jesus performs the miracle of changing water into wine.

- Then He says:  “Bring some to the Master of Ceremonies” (the one who acted as caterer of the feast)

- They bring the Master of Ceremonies to Jesus.  And what does the Master of Ceremonies do? He calls out to the bridegroom, and brings to the bridegroom’s attention that “Everyone serves the good wine at the beginning…etc

If Jesus were the bridegroom, then why did the Master of Ceremonies call out to “the bridegroom”?   Is it perhaps because Jesus and the bridegroom are two different people?  Obviously yes.

The fact that this detail stares the Neo-Paganists in the face, is of no interest to them……

Furthermore:

They claimed that:  «it was obvious from the orders that Jesus was giving (!!!), that He was the bridegroom, because only the bridegroom could give orders.”

But this is what the passage says:

2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother (then) said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (John 2:2-5)
 

Firstly:

Jesus did not give any orders on His own initiative; His Mother was the one who instructed the servants to do whatever He tells them to do.

Secondly:

If Jesus and the bridegroom were one and the same, would it be necessary for the Holy Mother to tell the servants “Do whatever He tells you”?  Wouldn’t it have been self-evident that the word of the bridegroom was sufficient?  Isn’t that what these very critics asserted, when they stated that “only the bridegroom could give orders”?  

Obviously, this was the wedding of a very close friend or relative, which explains why the Holy Mother was entitled to give instructions.  

But, for the Holy Mother to have had to instruct the servants: “Do whatever He tells you”, is also proof that the servants didn’t recognize Jesus as a person who had any say in the festivities, let alone as the groom…

Thirdly:

In the last verse of this same chapter, it says:  "After this (=Christ’s supposed wedding-feast in the city of Cana), they went down to Capernaum, He (the… “bridegroom” Christ) and His mother and His brothers and His disciples, and there (in Capernaum) they stayed for not many days".

So, are we to believe (assuming Christ was in fact the bridegroom) that: right after the wedding festivities were over (“After this”), the just-married bridegroom (Christ!!!) grabbed His mother, His group of friends and His brothers (nooooo… it doesn’t say anything about taking the bride along also!!!), and they all left the wedding site to go to another city, where they didn’t stay too long…  Uhhhh… did they perhaps return from the brief ‘honeymoon’ in Capernaum, because they…. had left the bride behind, in Cana ??  Or was it a local custom to desert the bride and go to another place ??

What could have been the reason that these specific people left the festivities together, to go to Capernaum after the wedding?

Fourthly:

But, that which really “cries out” in this passage (but the blinded Neo-Paganists DIDN’T notice), is the following:  This chapter begins with the words :  

2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. (John 2:2).

Well!  What do we have here?  It says “He was invited”!!   Where was Jesus invited?  To His own wedding?  If He was indeed the bridegroom, would He have been invited?   Does one ever send an invitation to the bridegroom?

 

We may laugh at the foolish and fanatic interpretations of Neo-Paganists, but, deep down, we are concerned at the catastrophic situation that the worship of idols and corrupt, false gods has caused to their thought and their perception.

 

Papyrus 52