Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 2:1

"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:" — John 2:1 (ASV)

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee;

The third day. John keeps a kind of diary for Christ. In those first days there was something for every day, and they were a specimen of the whole life of the Saviour. He could never say, like Titus, "I have lost a day." Every day had its deed, glorifying to God, and blessed to men.

Let us also try to labour for Christ every day; let there be no day without its mark. May God grant that there may be something to make every day memorable!

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. The first miracle of our Lord was not performed at Jerusalem, but away there in the back settlements, in Galilee of the Gentiles.

It was necessary for him to be seen, and to work miracles which might be seen; but he began in an obscure region, among a despised people.

And the mother of Jesus was there:

This expression leads to the belief that there was some kind of kinship between the bridegroom or the bride and the mother of Jesus, for it is not said that she was invited to be there, but that she was there.