CANA: (John 2:11).

Place of Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine. He visited there again in Jn 4:46 right after passing through Samaria and visiting the woman at the well. There he healed the nobleman's'son who was at the point of death. It was also the home of Nathaniel (Jn 21:2), note Nathaniel's disdain for people of Nazareth. (Jn

Reedy, a town of Galilee, near Capernaum. Here our Lord wrought his first miracle, the turning of water into wine (John 2:1-11; 4:46). It is also mentioned as the birth-place of Nathanael (21:2). It is not mentioned in the Old Testament. It has been identified with the modern Kana el-Jelil, also called Khurbet Kana, a place 8 or 9 miles north of Nazareth. Others have identified it with Kefr Kenna, which lies on the direct road to the Sea of Galilee, about 5 miles north-east of Nazareth, and 12 in a direct course from Tiberias. It is called "Cana of Galilee," to distinguish it from Cana of Asher (Josh. 19:28).