John 2:1-12 - The Wedding at Cana

In this passage we find the first miracle performed by Jesus by turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana.

Cana was the site of Jesus' first recorded miracle.  Not Nazareth, his hometown.  It may be meaningful that Jesus chose to begin His ministry in a town not His own to illustrate that God extends His hand beyond where we like to confine in to be in our view.

Jesus makes a seemingly odd remark to His mother in v. 4 "what does that have to do with us" which does not indicate disdain even though it sort of sounds like it.  This may illustrate how Jesus is primarily guided through his Heavenly Father and not so much by his earthly mother.  The subsequent "hour has not yet come" statement recurs multiple times throughout John, and the first occurence, like the many to follow, seemingly go unrecognized by His audience.  We do see an indication of Mary's humility in her response to what Jesus says.  Mary, while controversial in theology, is shown here and in other places in the gospels to be a Godly woman.

The six stone waterpots for the custom of purification (v.6) that Jews could use for cleansing themselves.  It may be significant that the water was made into wine in the same pot that Jews used to become undefiled. 

The fact that this is wine at a wedding may be significant because elsewhere in scripture we see both a wedding and wine being used to describe the restoration of all things. 

Here is a good commentary on this passage and those that follow in this Gospel:
http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/John/Glory-Begins-Be-Revealed

I found another blog which made some good insights into this passage here:

http://dailyexegesis.blogspot.com/2010/01/wedding-at-cana.html