In order to demonstrate who he was, Jesus performed a number of miracles—which the apostle John referred to as “signs.” The first of those signs was at a joyous occasion where Jesus turned water into wine. The second sign was in the midst of a heartbreaking circumstance in which a father desperately asks Jesus to heal his dying son.

Jesus recognized there would be people who would believe in him who were not eyewitnesses to his miracles, and he looked into the future and calls us blessed—in other words, happy, joyful, and peaceful.