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Ca'na. (place of reeds) Cana of Galilee, once Cana in Galilee. A village or town, not far from Capernaum, memorable as the scene of Christ's first miracle, John 2:1; John 2:11; John 4:46, as well as of a subsequent one, John 4:46; John 4:54, and also as the native place of the apostle Nathanael. John 21:2. The traditional site is at Kefr-Kenna, a small village about 4 1/2 miles northwest of Nazareth. The rival site is a village situated farther north, about five miles north of Seffurieh (Sepphoris), and nine miles north of Nazareth.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Cana'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​c/cana.html. 1901.
 
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