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Cana of Galilee ( Ancient Greek: Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας; Arabic: قانا الجليل, romanized : Qana al-Jalil, lit. 'Qana of the Galilee') is the location of the Wedding at Cana, at which the miracle of turning water into wine took place in the Gospel of John. Cana is located in southern Lebanon.
Israel. View of modern Cana (© Welcometohosanna.com) Cana in Galilee is celebrated as the scene of Jesus’ first miracle. It is actually the place of his first two public miracles in Galilee — the changing of water into wine and the remote healing of an official’s son 32km away in Capernaum.
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Jerusalem. ancient Egypt. Canaan, area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. The names Canaan and Canaanite occur in cuneiform, Egyptian, and Phoenician writings from about the 15th century bce as well as in the Old Testament.
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Geography of Israel: Cana. Village in ancient Galilee identified today with the site of Khirbet Qana nine miles north of Nazareth. Josephus used it as a base while he was fortifying Jotapata [Yodefat] at the beginning of the Jewish revolt.
Khirbet Qana (grid: 178/247) is one of the locations in Galilee that researchers consider as a possibility for the biblical town of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine at the Wedding at Cana. [4] [5] Crusader maps have been cited as evidence, as they identify Khirbet Qana with the biblical Cana.
Cana was the home of Nathaniel, one of the twelve disciples (John 21:2). Cana was also the location of Jesus’s first miracle (John 2:1-11). Jesus later returned to Cana, and from here he healed the son of the Capernaum official (John 4:46-54).
