Tradition indicates that the number 7 was the essence of perfection in the Jewish culture. So when Christ transforms 6 jars, then He shows that he fulfills perfection.
Christ provides 150 gallons of wine, what wedding party would consume 15o + gallons of wine. Christ provided abundance when asked (prayer).
The family wedding was held in Cana, and Jesus wants us to invite Him into our home and be part of our family.
According to Wilpert, an expert scholar in this field of Christian archaeology, the symbolic representations of the catacombs which refer to the Eucharist form three groups, inspired by three of Christ’s miracles, namely the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the banquet of the seven Disciples by the Sea of Galilee after the Resurrection, and the miracle of Cana.
Christ provides 150 gallons of wine, what wedding party would consume 150+ gallons of wine?
We were talking about this after Mass this morning. I joked that the poor groom probably wasn’t expecting Jesus to bring all those hard drinking fishermen with him.
From what I understand, though, wedding feasts lasted from 5 to 7 days during the time of Jesus, and there was a sense of a holiday in the village.
But your point is well taken. Jesus did provide 12 extra bushels of food when He multiplied the loaves and fishes.
A lot more than that. It was like 3 days in before the wedding party ran out!
I talked to our priest after mass and said "I would love to take a time machine back to that wedding and bring a couple bottles of that wine back." He told me he often thought the same thing.