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Place

Cana

town in Galilee

Village in Galilee, hometown of Nathanael, where Jesus performed his first miracle turning water into wine and later healed a nobleman's son from a distance.

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Who or what is this?

Cana of is a village in the hill country of Galilee, identified as the hometown of (John 21:2). It first appears in John 2:1–11, where , his mother, and his disciples attend a wedding feast and Jesus turns the water of six stone water pots into wine — a sign that reveals his glory and prompts his disciples' belief. John 4:46–54 records a second episode at Cana, where a royal official from travels to ask Jesus to heal his dying son; Jesus speaks the healing word without going in person, and the son lives, a second sign the Gospel attributes to Cana.

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Modern location: Horbat Qana. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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