Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
He's asking Jesus to go from Cana down to Capernaum, twenty miles, to heal his son. Of course, if you've got a son that's dying and you're the dad, you're going to be desperate. You're going to do your best if you feel that, "Here's a man that can help my dying son."