the author may also have incorporated a source designated by scholars as the “signs source” (or sēmeia, Gk for “signs”). The Gospel uses the term “signs” for miracles performed by Jesus, and two of them, which are numbered, frame an early section of the narrative (2.11; 4.54). Different assessments of signs appear in the narrative: sometimes they are regarded positively as the basis of faith (2.11; 2.23); at other times seeking signs draws criticism (4.48). Such differences could result from the incorporation of a distinct signs source.
