John 2:1

τῇ τρίτῃ. From the calling of Philip (John 1:43), the last date mentioned, making a week in all; the first week, possibly in contrast to the last (John 12:1).

Κανᾷ τ. Γαλ. To distinguish it from Cana of Asher (Joshua 19:28); an instance of the Evangelist’s knowledge of Palestine. This Cana is not mentioned in O.T. It was the home of Nathanael (John 21:2), which disproves the theory that Jesus and His mother had at one time lived at Cana, for in so small a place Jesus and Nathanael could not have been unknown to one another. Cana is now generally identified with Kánet el-Jelîl, about six miles N. of Nazareth, rather than with Kefr-Kenna.

ἦν. Imperf. in contrast to the aorist in John 2:2. She was staying there; her Son was invited for the feast: she speaks to the servants as if she were quite at home in the house (John 2:5). Joseph has disappeared: the inference (not quite certain) is that in the interval between Luke 2:51 and this marriage—about 17 years—he had died. Mary does not appear again in this Gospel till the Crucifixion.