The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’ demonstration of his messianic identity by way of seven selected signs (cf. 20:30–31): | | | |---|---| |Changing water into wine|2:1–11| |Healing the official’s son|4:46–54| |Healing the invalid|5:1–15| |Feeding the multitude|6:5–13| |Walking on the water*|6:16–21| |Healing the man born blind|9:1–7| |Raising Lazarus|11:1–44| *John does not explicitly identify this event as a sign.