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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
He commands the servants to bring the drink for tasting to the master of the feast not without purpose, but so that no one would think that it was a gathering of drunkards, that their taste had been corrupted, and that in a state of drunkenness they mistook water for wine. So that such a suspicion would have no place, He entrusts the tasting to the sober one — the master of the feast. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then, the miracle is made known. For as soon as the jars were filled, the water was turned into wine. So the Lord reveals the miracle at once, saying: Now pour out a drink and take it to the head waiter. First, we have the command of Christ selecting who is to test the wine; secondly, the judgment of the head waiter who tasted it. Then Jesus said to them, i.e., to the servants, Now pour out a drink, that is, of wine, from the jars, and take it to the head waiter (architriclinus). …
Bonaventure
And Jesus said to them. Here the fourth point is touched upon, namely the approval of the miracle, in the approval of the wine made by the testimony of the chief steward, whose duty it was to judge the wine. On account of which he says: And Jesus said to them, namely, to the servants: Draw out now and carry it to the chief steward. And they carried it, according to his command; namely, therefore he commanded it to be brought to him, because the chief steward presided over the wedding and judged such matters. …
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