Cities & towns · Galilee

Cana

What was Cana?

Cana in Galilee is where Jesus performed his first recorded miracle, turning water into wine at a wedding.

TodayKafr Kanna or Khirbet Qana, Galilee, northern Israel

Famous forWater turned to wine

Apostle from hereNathanael

At a village wedding in Cana, the wine ran out — and at his mother’s prompting, Jesus had six stone jars filled with water that became the best wine of the feast.

John calls this “the first of his signs,” by which Jesus “revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.”

In Cana Jesus also healed, at a distance, the dying son of a royal official from Capernaum. The apostle Nathanael came from this village.

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

John 2:11 “Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.” John 4:46 “So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.”

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Original BibleDawn profile. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Scripture quoted from the public-domain Berean Standard Bible.