1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
2and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
Water Into Wine
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, John 2:1 · Berean Standard Bible
Three days later, there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.
Jesus' first miracle didn't happen in a temple or on a mountaintop — it happened at a party. He shows up in the celebrations of everyday life.
John sets the scene for Jesus' first miracle at an ordinary village wedding.
A small-town wedding, a family celebration — and Jesus was right there in the middle of it. He doesn't just show up for the sacred moments; He shows up for the joyful ones too.
On the third day (Greek: tē hēmera tē tritē), a wedding celebration takes place at Cana in Galilee, and Jesus' mother is present.
The 'third day' continues the temporal sequencing from chapter 1 and may carry symbolic weight — echoing the third-day resurrection motif. Cana was a village in lower Galilee, possibly modern Khirbet Qana.
The narrator introduces the wedding at Cana setting and notes Mary's presence.
John transitions from the calling of disciples to Jesus' first public sign. The wedding setting is theologically significant — the messianic age was often depicted as a wedding feast in Jewish tradition.
1On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
2and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
Read all of John 2 — At a wedding in Cana, Jesus performs his first sign — turning water into wine. It's a quiet miracle that reveals his glory to only a few.
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