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Joh 2:3. Ὑστερήσαντος, failing [coming short]) How many days the marriage-feast lasted, on what day of it the Lord came and the wine failed, is not known.-οὐκ ἔχουσι) The newly-wedded couple have not. She means this: I would wish you to withdraw, in order that the rest also may withdraw, before that the scarcity be made evident to all.[45] Adopting this [Bongel’s] sense as the meaning of Mary, the reply of Jesus not only does not appear harsh, but is most full of love.
[45] This seems mere conjecture. Lücke more probably supposes that the Lord Himself had recently given some reason to expect that He would manifest His Messiahship in wonderful works. Indeed she herself might have inferred this from prophecy: Isa 35:5-6; Gen 49:10-11.-E. and T.