This was [also] why the crowd went to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen.
because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him. The Entry into Jerusalem.
On the next day, when the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the whole world has gone after him.” The Coming of Jesus’ Hour.
Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.
A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.