of what will occur is signalled by the mention of Jewish purification rites. The number six may well then represent the imperfection or insufficiency of the old order of Judaism. The objection that Jesus does not add a seventh jar that contains the wine is insubstantial. Six can represent imperfection without seven as perfection having to be explicitly mentioned, and the evangelist’s fondness for seven as representing completion is in any case established by his reporting of seven signs in the ministry