Then the Jews accosted him with the words, "What sign of authority have you to show us, for acting in this way?"

This was the second Sign which Jesus performed again after leaving Judaea for Galilee.

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

"Well then," they said, "what is the Sign you perform, that we may see it and believe you? What work have you to show?

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

Many another Sign did Jesus perform in presence of his disciples, which is not recorded in this book;