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P.1528 - §4 By noon on Wednesday
almost a thousand guests had arrived in Cana, more than four times the number
bidden to the wedding feast. It was a Jewish custom to celebrate weddings
on Wednesday, and the invitations had been sent abroad for the wedding one
month previously. In the forenoon and early afternoon it appeared more like
a public reception for Jesus than a wedding. Everybody wanted to greet this
near-famous Galilean, and he was most cordial to all, young and old, Jew
and gentile. And everybody rejoiced when Jesus consented to lead the preliminary
wedding procession. |
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A commercial painting advertising the local wine in Cana. |
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Wine jugs in Cana. Newly made wines in six waterpots may
have been poured into pitchers or wine jugs. |
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Local wine brand in Cana. |
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the church built on the site. |
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