?INTRODUCTION Signs are recounted throughout all New Testament as proof of authenticity of God’s message and the gospels are not an exception. Nevertheless signs in John’s account take on a special significance towards its purpose, conforming its structure in order to achieve an end result. In Mathew, Mark and Luke, Jesus’ miracles are not called signs and are seen mainly as acts which demonstrate divine power and mercy towards men. Jews constantly asked for a sign, which is consistently refused throughout the synoptic accounts. It is promised instead, that they will receive only the sign of Jonah1 which refers to Jesus’ death on Calvary and his resurrection on the third day. In the Gospel of John, however, the author chooses seven particular miracles, in Jesus ministry from the multitude (Cf. John 20:30), calling them signs and purposely impregnates them with an higher denotation in order to develop his main theme “Jesus irrefutable deity”. As Tenney openly states “the signs are the logical expression of deity in action, and corroborate John’s central message of the incarnation”. 2 SIGNS IN JOHN’S ACCOUNT John, wisely inspired by the Holy Spirit composes his gospel, addressing apologetically the main foundation of Christianity, as Bishop Ryle firmly states “Let us settle firmly in our minds that the deity of Christ is one of the foundational truths of Christianity,Unless our Lord Jesus is very God of very God, there is an end of His mediation, His atonement, His priesthood, His whole work of redemption. These doctrines are useless blasphemies unless Christ is God.”3 The evangelist uncovers openly not only his theme or foundation, but also his purpose and method, and reveals his goal at the end of his gospel: “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” (John 20:30,31). From of this verse, we can see John’s main thesis on the use of these selected signs and their importance in order to attain its goal. These written signs were meticulously selected, and composed with a architectural mastery, as a key element of God´s revelation of Jesus deity and heavenly origin (his theme and Foundation), to produce the reaction of faith on its readers and hearers (Method), in order to produce life in trusting and believing on his identity (Goal). It functions, as Darrell Bock writes as “an event signal followed by a discourse that presents its meaning”4. Not only are the signs a vehicle of revelation of Jesus deity itself; but also the witnesses report, the teachings and the interviews attached to each sign, as Tenney emphasizes when he writes “The teaching attached to each miracle is designed to bring out its spiritual significance, and, conversely, the miracle is the concrete demonstration of the power discussed in the teaching”.5 Although several commentators and theologians divide John’s gospel in two parts:“The Book of Signs” for the first eleven chapters of the gospel (where these signs appear), and “The Book of Glory” for the last ten chapters6, Tenney makes a useful division into six period of action, which records the escalating tension between Jesus and the Jews throughout the action and describe the evolution of the duality of belief and unbelief among the public and the disciples. Those periods are: Period of Consideration (1:19-4:54), Period of Controversy (5:1-6:71), Period of Conflict (7:1-11:53); Period of Crisis (11:54-12:36a); Period of Conference (12:36b) and the Period of Consummation (18:1-20.31). Before the first period there is a Prologue and after the last one an Epilogue. All seven signs that mentioned in the gospel, happen during Jesus public ministry in the first three periods of action. During the transitional period from his public ministry to Jesus private ministry (the Period of Crisis) and the further periods there are no signs registered. The first two signs were manifested during the Period of Consideration, the following three in the Period of Controversy, and the last two were in the Period of Conflict. About this last two signs, Tenney states assertively, “The last two of the seven evoked the clearest affirmation of belief and unbelief to be found in the entire story of John.”7 THE FIRST SIGN – MARRIAGE AT CANA (2:1-11) The first of the seven signs that John recounts is the turning of the water into wine at a wedding marriage in Cana. It was Jesus’ first miracle among the disciples (cf. John 2:11). During the marriage banquet, the hosts run out of wine. In order to avoid any embarrassment, Mary turns to Jesus for help. Jesus do not immediately come to her aid, and tells her that His time is not yet to come, “referring to the time just before His betrayal and crucifixion”8. It is not by