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The Wedding Feast takes place in Cana shortly after the call of Philip and Nathanael. According to John 21:2, [e] Cana was Nathanael's hometown. [3] Although none of the synoptic Gospels mentions the wedding at Cana, Christian tradition based on John 2:11 [f] holds that this is the first public miracle of Jesus. [4]
Internal View. The Wedding Church at Cana [1] [2] [3] (Arabic: كنيسة الزفاف في كنا; Hebrew: כנסיית החתונה) or simply Wedding Church, also Franciscan Wedding Church, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the central part of the town of Kafr Kanna (Cana), [4] [self-published source] in Lower Galilee, located in northern Israel. [5]
Glossa Ordinaria: "Or we must suppose two Bethanies; one over Jordan, the other on this side, not far from Jerusalem, the Bethany where Lazarus was raised from the dead." [ 3 ] Chrysostom : "He mentions this too for another reason, viz. that as He was relating events which had only recently happened, He might, by a reference to the place ...
Some translations, including the New American Bible (Revised Edition) and the New Revised Standard Version, connect the final words of verse 3, εν ο γεγονεν, en ho gegonen with verse 4: 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.
The writer of the gospel divides the events of verses 19 to 50 into four 'days': the day (or period) when the Jerusalem delegation met John to enquire into his identity and purpose (John 1:19-28) is followed by John seeing Jesus coming towards him "the next day" in verse 29, and on "the next day again", [1] he directs his own disciples towards following Jesus (John 1:35-37).
Cana is also mentioned as the home town of the Apostle Bartholomew, as "Nathanael of Cana" in John 21:2. The main churches in Kafr Kanna are the Franciscan Wedding Church, the Greek Orthodox Church of St George and the Baptist Church. Near the two is the (usually closed) Roman Catholic Chapel of the Apostle Bartholomew (Nathanael). [46] [47]
In the gospels, Peter is shown as a close associate of Jesus. His home at Capernaum was at Jesus' disposal, as was his fishing boat, when needed. Jesus cured Peter's mother-in-law, and Peter was among those who attended the wedding at Cana. He plays a prominent part in the account of the miraculous catch of fish, and the walking on the water. [6]
Pre-Cana is a course or consultation for couples preparing to be married in a Catholic church. The name is derived from John 2 :1–12, the Wedding at Cana in Galilee , where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine .