And now, then, we may understand why we are told so expressly in the text that '_He manifested forth His glory, and that His disciples believed on Him_.' Who were these disciples? One of them must have been that Andrew who told his own brother Simon, '_We have found the Christ_.' One would have been that Philip who said to Nathanael, '_We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the Prophets, did write_.' One would have been that Nathanael who said, '_Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel_.' Not one of these had received a sign or a miracle to impart to them these convictions. The witness of John concerning the Light, met by the witness in their own hearts, the manifestation to those hearts that Jesus was the Light of whom they had heard,--this was their preparation for the marriage-feast and for what passed there. Because they _had_ acknowledged Jesus and _had_ become His disciples, with a feeble, imperfect, confused knowledge of course, but with a desire of the knowledge which they should receive from continual converse with Him; _therefore_ the sign of the water being made into wine had a meaning for them which it had not for others; _therefore_ it was to them a manifestation of His glory; _therefore_ it gave them a belief in Him, as answering to John's testimony, which they had not had before. An outward exercise of power strengthened their belief in a power which lay entirely beyond the region of their senses. They were sure that a sign had been given them that He who blesses marriage, He through whom all things live, He from whom all men derive their light and joy, was actually dwelling among them.