But though Mary had not a right conception of Christ's mission, she trusted Him implicitly. To this faith Jesus responded. It was to honor Mary's trust, and to strengthen the faith of His disciples, that the first miracle was performed. The disciples were to encounter many and great temptations to unbelief. To them the prophecies had made it 148 clear beyond all controversy that Jesus was the Messiah. They looked for the religious leaders to receive Him with confidence even greater than their own. They declared among the people the wonderful works of Christ and their own confidence in His mission, but they were amazed and bitterly disappointed by the unbelief, the deep-seated prejudice, and the enmity to Jesus, displayed by the priests and rabbis. The Saviour's early miracles strengthened the disciples to stand against this opposition.

Men skønt Maria ikke havde den rette opfattelse af Kristi kald, så stolede hun ufravigeligt på ham. Og Jesus lønnede denne tillid. Dette var for at ære Marias tillidsfuldhed og for at styrke sine disciples tro, at det første under blev gjort. Disciplene skulle komme til at møde mange og store fristelser til vantro. For dem havde profetierne gjort det uimodsigeligt klart, at Jesus var Messias. De ventede på, at folkets religiøse vejledere skulle tage imod ham med en tillid, der var endnu større end deres egen. De forkyndte Kristi underfulde gerninger blandt folket og forkyndte deres egen overbevisning om hans kald, men de blev forundrede og bittert skuffede over vantroen, de nedarvede fordomme og fjendskabet mod Jesus, som udvistes af præsterne og de skriftkloge. Frelserens første undergerning styrkede disciplene til at holde stand imod denne modstand.