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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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It was <strong>the</strong> marriage in Cana <strong>of</strong> Galilee. All<br />

connected with <strong>the</strong> iStt li. u account <strong>of</strong> it is strictly<br />

Jewish—<strong>the</strong> feast, <strong>the</strong> guests, <strong>the</strong> invitation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

stranger Rabbi, <strong>and</strong> its acceptance by <strong>Jesus</strong>. Any<br />

Jewish Rabbi would have gone, but how<br />

differently from Him would he have spoken <strong>and</strong><br />

acted! Let us first think <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scenic details <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

narrative. Strangely, we are not able to fix with<br />

certainty <strong>the</strong> site <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> little town <strong>of</strong> Cana.* But if<br />

we adopt <strong>the</strong> most probable identification <strong>of</strong> it<br />

with <strong>the</strong> modem pleasant village <strong>of</strong> Kefr Kenna,^ a<br />

few miles north-east <strong>of</strong> Nazareth, on <strong>the</strong> road to <strong>the</strong><br />

Lake <strong>of</strong> Galilee, we picture it to ourselves as on<br />

<strong>the</strong> slope <strong>of</strong> a hill, its houses rising terrace<br />

» <strong>The</strong> Talmud (Tos. Kethub.) here puts <strong>the</strong> not<br />

inapt question, * How if <strong>the</strong> bridegroom has no<br />

goods <strong>and</strong> chattels ? * but ultimately comforts<br />

itself with <strong>the</strong> thought that ev^ry man has some<br />

property, if it were only <strong>the</strong> six feet <strong>of</strong> ground in<br />

which he is to be buried.<br />

' Not a few such instances <strong>of</strong> riotous merriment,

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