A typical Jewish wedding in those days lasted several days and commonly most, if not all, of the community was invited; so let's assume for a second that the Governor was somewhat inebriated Paidon. If he was indeed drunk, which is usually what happened at these shindigs apparently and was "well drunken" then how did he know that a better wine was being served? The Governor said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”Paidion wrote:The steward of the wedding feast said to the bridegroom, "Everyone first sets out the good wine, and when they are drunk, serves the worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
John 2:10
The steward was saying in effect, "Normally people serve the good wine first when it can be appreciated. Then when the guests are drunk, they give them the inferior wine, for when they are drunk, they won't know the difference. But you have done it differently. You have kept the good wine until now!
According to the steward the "good wine" which is normally served first makes people drunk. It is fermented. Would the steward also call the wine Jesus made "good wine", equating it with the "good wine" which is normally served first --- if it were merely grape juice?
What woke the Governor up so fast Paidon that he was able to distinguish between the two types (good and cheap) to the point that he "did not realize where it (the wine Jesus made) had come from?" Was it an alcoholic beverage that Jesus made that did this? Doesn't alcohol numb the senses not make them more heightened? To me it was a miracle pure and simple.
"This beginning of miracles Jesus did."