Gospel of John Johannine letters, and the Apocalypse, all coming from the same theological background and opposed to the "Petrine corpus." John lacks scenes from the Synoptics such as Jesus' baptism, the calling of the Twelve, exorcisms, parables, the Transfiguration, and the Last Supper. Conversely, it includes scenes not found in the Synoptics, including Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana, the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and multiple visits to Jerusalem. In the fourth gospel, Jesus' mother Mary, while frequently mentioned, is never identified by name. John does assert that Jesus was known as
Cana holds that this is the first public miracle of Jesus. The other biblical references to Cana are also in John: , which mentions that Jesus is visiting Cana when he is asked to heal the son of a royal official at Capernaum; and , where it is mentioned that Nathanael (sometimes identified with the Bartholomew included in the synoptic gospels' lists of apostles) comes from Cana. The Book of Joshua mentions one city () and one brook (; ) named Cana – neither is likely to be the Cana of Galilee. In secular history, the annals of Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser