John 2 enmity between you (Adam) and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring". Nevertheless, Jesus' mother still tells the servants to do whatever he asks, so he tells them to fill up the empty wine containers with water. Afterwards, the head waiter of the wedding tastes it and remarks to the groom that they have saved the best wine for last. John tells his audience that the water was there for the Jewish rite of purification. According to John, this was his first sign or miracle (in Cana). It occurs immediately after Jesus has told Nathanael in chapter 1:50
The Wedding at Cana in their rich stuffs. As a narrative painting in the Mannerist style, "The Wedding Feast at Cana" combines stylistic and pictorial elements from the Venetian school's philosophy of "colorito" (priority of colour) of Titian (1488–1576) to the compositional "disegno" (drawing) of the High Renaissance (1490–1527) used in the works of Leonardo (1452–1519), Raphael (1483–1520), and Michelangelo (1475–1564). As such, Veronese's depiction of the crowded banquet-scene that is "The Wedding Feast at Cana" is meant to be viewed upwards, from below — because the painting's bottom-edge was 2.50 metres from the refectory floor, behind and above the head-table seat of the