Why did Jesus protest before performing his first miracle? In John 2:1-12 we read of Christ's first miracle, turning water into wine.  Before he performs his miracle, though, he says to his mother:


  “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”


He seems to be protesting his mother's request that he do something about the lack of wine, but then turns right around and makes wine.

What did Jesus mean that his hour had not come?  Why do his actions seem to contradict his words?
Most likely because he didn't want to gain a lot of notoriety so early on, and doing something like this, especially in such a public setting, would cause a lot of people to notice.  But in the end, he did it, probably because it was his mother asking, and he was required by the Ten Commandments to honor his father and his mother.