John 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOHN CHAPTER 2 1 Thessalonians 2:1-11 Christ turneth water into wine in Cana of Galilee. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 He goeth to Capernaum. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Thence to Jerusalem, where he driveth the buyers and sellers out of the temple. 1 Thessalonians 2:18-22 He giveth his own death and resurrection for a sign. 1 Thessalonians 2:23-25 Many believe in him because of his miracles, but he would not trust himself unto them. Whether it was the third day after that our Saviour had left the province of Judea or the third day after Philip came to him, or after Peter or Nathanael came to him, is hardly worth the disputing; if it be to be interpreted with relation to 1 Thessalonians 1:43, (which speaks of the day following), it must be the third day after Simon came to Christ, there happened to be a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Some reckon three cities of this name; one in the lot of Manasseh, another in the lot of Ephraim, another in rite lot of Asher. This Cana is concluded by most interpreters to be the same mentioned, Joshua 19:28, which was in the tribe of Asher, which was in Galilee: some others say, it was another Cana, near to Capernaum. At this wedding feast was the virgin Mary, our Lord's mother; and it is probable that the persons for whose marriage the feast was solemnized were some of the virgin's kindred or near relations. Some think, from the virgin's taking notice of the want of wine, that it was a family where she had either a constant charge, or the charge for that day.