I have often wondered about the water into wine account.
I was thinking that it was possible they were at a relatives wedding, and when they ran out of wine if Mary had not done one of two things.
One is just go up to Him and say it, as anyone would in that situation, just talking about it. n If mr. mm and I were at a wedding and they ran out of wine, I have no doubt that one of us would say to the other, *Oh no. They ran out of wine,* just for informing them.
The other thing is, if it were a relatives wedding, maybe she went to Him expecting Him to solve it in the usual way. Have someone go and buy more wine.
I SERIOUSLY doubt she anticipated the way He dealt with it.
It was a request for help, and if "this beginning of miracles" also excludes any private miracle and not as a public ministry of them, then it is unlikely Mary was expecting a miracle, though her Lord knew this is what it would mean. In any case, her recourse to Him was indicative of Mary being in awe of her son according to the flesh, but Divine by nature.