John 2 - The Swindoll Study Bible

GROWING UP John 2:4 Sometimes people look at the way Jesus responds to His mother in this story and wonder what is going on. Certainly several things are in play here, but one thing I see is that Mary doesn’t understand that her relationship with Jesus has changed. Sometimes parents need to grow up as well as their children. As children grow, their parents’ relationship with them needs to change. Parents need to let their kids become their own people while at the same time cultivating friendships with them. If you are a parent, you’ve been raising your children to one day be on their own. So let them go. As hard as it is, let them go. This does not mean your children will no longer relate to you. It means that they will now relate to you in a different way. That’s God’s design.