In which region of Israel, is the village of Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine?
Cana there yet." Ain Qana is considered by some to be a better candidate based on etymological grounds. 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
Marriage at Cana have misinterpreted early texts, translating to 'wine' when the more sensible translation is 'beer'. Depictions of "Marriage at Cana" are numerous in art history. Saint Columba of Iona supposedly performed an identical miracle when he served as a deacon in Ireland under Finnian of Movilla, replenishing the supply of sacramental wine for a Mass. Marriage at Cana The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana or Wedding at Cana is the first miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John. In the Gospel account, Jesus, his mother and his disciples are invited to a wedding, and