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To: Elsie
Mary is so central to the John 2 passage she's not even mentioned by name.

The only person who is mentioned by name is Jesus.

John tells us the purpose of this passage:

This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. John 2:11 NASB

We also see something else very important in this verse...His disciples believed in Him.

In verse 12, which Roman Catholics seem to gloss over, we see Jesus, His mother and His brothers...meaning Joseph and Mary had children of their own.

What we do not see in the account at Cana.

People praying to Mary or coming to Mary for anything.

It is possible someone came to her about this or she saw this herself. The text is silent on the issue.

All we know is Mary came to Jesus and said, "they have no wine."

John does not record anyone at the wedding according anything special to Mary in regards to the wine being refilled. In v11 though he attributes this as the beginning of Jesus' signs...again, nothing to do with Mary.

To read into the text all that Roman Catholicism has is eisegesis...reading something into the text that isn't there.

It very often leads to very bad theology.

750 posted on 04/22/2017 6:52:25 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
All we know is Mary came to Jesus and said, "they have no wine."

Rome makes TONS of 'not' DOCTRINE from things that there is NO record of Mary EVER saying or doing; under the mantra of, "Well; she COULD have!"

753 posted on 04/22/2017 8:12:42 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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