In Jesus’ day miracles abounded. He changed the weather at least once and performed many miraculous healings. I notice, though, a selective quality to Jesus’ miracles. In his first miracle he turned water into wine in order to salvage a wedding celebration. Why this occasion, this particular use of his powers? He brought a young girl back to life, but how many others died in Israel that day? He healed a paralyzed man by the pool of Bethesda, but John says nothing of what happened to the other disabled persons lying around the same pond.
