Cana Online advertising ''This article refers to a place mentioned in the New Testament. For the ancient Aragon ese unit of length, see cana (unit of length) '' In the Christian New Testament , the '' Gospel of John '' refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee . ==The Marriage at Cana== Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed his first miracle , the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast (John 2:1-11) when the wine provided by the bridegroom had run out. None of the synoptic gospels record this event, but in John's gospel it has considerable symbolic importance: it is the first of the seven miraculous ''"signs"'' by which Jesus's divine status is attested, and around which the gospel is structured. The story has had considerable importance in the development of Christian pastoral theology, since the facts that Jesus was invited to a wedding, attended, and used his divine power to save the celebrations from disaster, are taken as evidence of his approval for marriage and earthly celebrations, in contrast to the more austere views of Saint Paul as found, for example, in | |
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