What, then, was the miracle of the wedding feast in Cana?
” The miracle of Cana was that Jesus surpassed or transcended the normal amount of time and the natural process that it takes to produce and harvest grape juice. That, which normally takes months, took Jesus but a moment. Augustine wrote, “For he on that marriage-day made wine in the six jars which he ordered to be filled with water he who now makes it every year in the vines; for, as what the servants had poured into the water- jars was turned into wine by the power of the Lord, so, also, that which the clouds pour fourth is turned into wine by the power of the self-same Lord.” (As quoted in “Bible Wines” by William Patton, page 91.) “How could this be? Did they have any methods of preservation of grape juice in the first century?” Yes. In fact, they had several methods. In the book “Bible Wines,” the author, William Patton, discusses four methods that the ancients used for the preservation of grape juice. One such method is to keep air completely excluded a method often used today. R
