He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
"Up to this time the servants had drawn water to fill the vessels used for ceremonial washing; now they are to draw for the feast that symbolizes the messianic banquet. Filling jars with such large capacity to the brim then indicates that the time for ceremonial purification is completely fulfilled; the new order, symbolized by the wine, could not be drawn from jars so intimately connected with merely ceremonial purification." [Note: Ibid. See also Tasker, pp. 55-57.] 