John 2:11

This beginning. Or, more strictly, this as a beginning.

Of miracles [σ η μ ε ι ω ν]. Rev., correctly, signs. See on Matthew 11:20; Matthew 24:24. This act was not merely a prodigy [τ ε ρ α ς], nor a wonderful thing (qaumasion), nor a power [δ υ ν α μ ι ς], but distinctively a sign, a mark of the doer's power and grace, and divine character. Hence it falls in perfectly with the words manifested His glory.

Believed on Him [ε π ι σ τ ε υ σ α ν ε ι ς α υ τ ο ν]. See on 1 12. Literally, believed into. Canon Westcott most aptly says that it conveys the idea of "the absolute transference of trust from one's self to another."