Cana Cana The Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee (). The name possibly derives from the Hebrew or Aramaic word for "reeds". Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed "the first of his signs", his first public miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast () when the wine provided by the bridegroom had run out. Although none of the synoptic gospels record the event, mainstream Christian tradition
Marriage at Cana serving it last (). John adds that: "Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and it revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him" (). Although none of the Synoptic Gospels mention the marriage at Cana, Christian tradition based on holds that this is the first public miracle of Jesus. It is considered to have symbolic importance as the first of the seven signs in the Gospel of John by which Jesus' divine status is attested, and around which the gospel is structured. Interpreted allegorically, the good news and hope implied by the story