Who, exactly, got married at Cana?
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These distorters
had stated on camera that “the one getting
married at Cana of Galilee… was Jesus!”
THE REALITY
To begin with, it
is easy to see that no such thing is evident
from the relevant passage; therefore their
conclusions are entirely arbitrary. However, they
can be laughed at for their tragic
improprieties, or, one could simply feel sorry
for the wretched state that fanaticism can cause
to people.
The original passage says the following:
7 Jesus said to them: “Fill the water jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Now draw from them, and take some to the master of ceremonies.” And they brought it to him. 9 As soon as the master of ceremonies tasted the water that had turned into wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of ceremonies called out to the bridegroom 10 and said to him: “Everyone serves the good wine at the beginning, and when the guests have drunk sufficiently, then they serve the inferior wine. But you have kept the good wine until last!” (John 2:7-10)
In brief:
If Jesus was the bridegroom, then why did the Master of Ceremonies call out
to “the bridegroom” while he was reporting to
Jesus? Is it perhaps because
Jesus and the bridegroom are two different
people? Obviously yes.
The fact that this
detail stares the Neo-Paganists in the face, is
of no concern to them……
But this is what
the passage says:
2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when
they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said
to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 Jesus said to
her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do
with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother
(then) said to the servants, “Whatever He says
to you, do it.” (John 2:2-5)
Firstly:
Jesus did not give any orders on His own initiative; His Mother was
the one who instructed the servants to do
whatever He tells them to do.
Secondly:
If Jesus and the bridegroom were one and the same, would it be necessary for
the Holy Mother to tell the servants “Do
whatever He tells you”? Wouldn’t it have been
self-evident that the word of the bridegroom was
sufficient? Isn’t that what these very critics
asserted, when they stated that “only the
bridegroom could give orders”?
Obviously, this was
the wedding of a very close friend or a relative,
which explains why the Holy Mother had the right - or was authorized
- to give instructions during the event. Furthermore, the fact that the Holy Mother had to instruct the servants: “Do whatever He tells you” (pointing to Jesus), is also proof that the servants didn’t recognize Jesus as a person who had any say in the festivities, or "confused" Jesus as the bridegroom!
Thirdly:
In the last verse of this same chapter, it says: "After this (=Christ’s supposed wedding-feast in the city of Cana), they went down to Capernaum - He (the… “bridegroom” Christ!!), and His Mother and His brothers and His disciples, and there (in Capernaum) they stayed, for not many days".So, (if Christ was the bridegroom!!!), are we to believe that: right after the wedding festivities were over (“After this”), the just-married bridegroom (Christ!!!) grabbed His mother, His group of friends and His brothers (nooooo… it doesn’t say anything about taking the bride along with them!!!), they all left the wedding site to go to another city, where they didn’t stay too long… Uhhhh… did they perhaps return from the brief ‘honeymoon’ in Capernaum, because they…. had left the bride behind, in Cana ?? Or was it a local custom for the bridegroom to desert the bride and go to another place with friends ?? What was the reason that these specific people left the festivities together, to go to Capernaum after the wedding?
Fourthly:
That which
really “screams out” in this passage (but the
blinded Neo-Paganists overlooked), is the
following. Note the first words here :
2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. (John 2:2).
WHAT???? “Jesus was invited” ??!! Where
was Jesus invited? To His own wedding?
Is it a normal practice, for a bridegroom-to-be,
to receive a wedding invitation for his own wedding?
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