According to John, this is the first theophany.
Christ and his followers arrived at a wedding. The wine ran out, and Saint Mary asked her son to do something about it. Christ
proceeded to change six pots of water into wine so the feast could continue.
This episode was quoted at the beginning of communion ceremonies.
Biblical source: John 2:1-11.
Inscribed: Urns of water; Saint Mary; The wine of Cana; The water is truly changed to wine; The steward of the feast, the bride.
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Related capitals:
New Testament Capitals:
Capital 1: Martyrdom fo John the Baptist
Capital 6: Martyrdom fo Stephen
Capital 12: Miracles of Christ
Capital 13: The Good Samaritan
Capital 14: Temptation of Christ
Capital 16: Transfiguration
Capital 17: Deliverance of Peter
Capital 18: Christ's baptism by John
Capital 25: Christ washes the feet of his disciples
Capital 27: Lazarus and the Rich Man
Capital 32: Adoration of the Magi, Massacre of the Innocents
Capital 38: Annunciation and Visitation
Capital 44: Miracles of Peter
Capital 47: Calling the Apostles
Capital 56: Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Capital 61: Annunciation to the Shepherds
Capital 64: Raising of Lazarus
Capital 71: Beatitudes
John 2:1-11.
1 On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
2 Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples.
3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."
4 And Jesus said to her, "O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come."
5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
6 Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rite of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.
8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast." So they took it.
9 When the steward 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 steward of the feast called the bridegroom
10 and said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first; and then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."
11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana at Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.
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