Cana

“What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.”

John 2:11 (NIV)

THE QUESTION

When the wine ran out at a wedding, Jesus had six stone jars filled with water, and the water became wine. In which town did it happen?

A) Cana ✓

B) Capernaum

C) Nazareth

D) Bethany

A closer look

Jesus, His mother and His disciples were all guests at the wedding. The servants filled the jars “to the brim” (John 2:7), and Jesus sent some to the master of the banquet. When he tasted it, he called the bridegroom aside and said, “you have saved the best till now” (John 2:10).

And there was plenty of it: each of those jars held twenty to thirty gallons (John 2:6). John calls this “the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory” (John 2:11). Jesus began His miracles with a generous gift at a wedding.

If you chose Capernaum, there’s good reason: Jesus went there right after the wedding (John 2:12), and later it became His home (Matthew 4:13).

The master of the banquet only had to taste it to know how good it was. Today’s verse gives each of us the same invitation: “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8).

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