Jesus’ mother was there,
along with Jesus,
and his disciples. (John 2:1-2)
Nothing is said about who is getting married; or, why Mary and Jesus are invited… a relative perhaps? Such wedding festivals would be held at one of the best homes in the village—the home of a relative or friend. Maybe Jesus and Joseph had done some remodeling work there? However it happened, Mary and Jesus are invited, and the just-called disciples are welcomed as well; which may account for why Mary felt responsible for the wine giving out.
Such wedding festivals would last for days with wedding songs like Solomon’s Love Songs, and word games like Sampson’s “sweeter than honey” riddle told at his wedding festival, and food with wine to encourage merrymaking. The ceremony and the honeymooned were one event. The honeymoon was the ceremony. A tent would pitched in the backyard like Sarah’s tent where “Rebekah comforted Isaac” (Gn 24:67). The wedding celebrants/witnesses would hang around for days just to see “the bridegroom come out of his wedding tent, like a champion rejoicing to run his course” (Ps 19:5). Such a human event. And, Jesus was there.
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