a town of Galilee, where Jesus performed his first miracle, John
ii, 1, 2, &c. It lay in the tribe of Zebulun, not far from Nazareth.
Cana was visited by Dr. E. D. Clarke, who says, “It is worthy of note,
that, walking among the ruins of a church, we saw large massy stone
pots, answering the description given of the ancient vessels of the
country; these were not preserved nor exhibited as reliques, but lying
about, disregarded by the present inhabitants, as antiquities with whose
original use they were unacquainted. From their appearance, and the
number of them, it was quite evident that a practice of keeping water in
large stone pots, each holding from eighteen to twenty-seven gallons,
was once common in the country.”
ii, 1, 2, &c. It lay in the tribe of Zebulun, not far from Nazareth.
Cana was visited by Dr. E. D. Clarke, who says, “It is worthy of note,
that, walking among the ruins of a church, we saw large massy stone
pots, answering the description given of the ancient vessels of the
country; these were not preserved nor exhibited as reliques, but lying
about, disregarded by the present inhabitants, as antiquities with whose
original use they were unacquainted. From their appearance, and the
number of them, it was quite evident that a practice of keeping water in
large stone pots, each holding from eighteen to twenty-seven gallons,
was once common in the country.”