The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.
As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.”
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased.