Marriage at Cana

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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, The Wedding at Cana, 1820

The Marriage at Cana or Wedding at Cana is only mentioned in the New Testament in the 2nd chapter of the Gospel of John. Jesus Christ here transformed water into wine in the presence of his mother as the first sign of his divine work.

Whether the biblical Cana is identical with the Cana in Galilee is not considered completely certain by external research. Occasionally it is also equated with the southern Lebanese village of Qana (also spelled Cana), but from a spiritual point of view one may confidently follow the Bible's words.

The account of the Gospel of John

„1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.“

– John 2:1–11

Literature

• Anna Katharina Emmerich: Das arme Leben unseres Herrn Jesu Christi, Kap. "Hochzeit zu Kana", S. 128 - 136, Pattloch-Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3629910068
• Rudolf Steiner: Kosmogonie, nach Notizen und Zusammenfassungen von Vorträgen ,GA 94 (2001) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das christliche Mysterium, nach Notizen von verschiedenen Vorträgen 1906/1907, GA 97 (1998) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Menschheitsentwickelung und Christus-Erkenntnis, 21 Vorträge, gehalten in Kassel und Basel 1907, GA 100 (1981) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Johannes-Evangelium im Verhältnis zu den drei anderen Evangelien, besonders zu dem Lukas-Evangelium. Ein Zyklus von vierzehn Vorträgen, gehalten in Kassel, 1909, GA 112 (1984) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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