Is Qana (bombarded town yesterday), the Cana of the bible?

Answer 1

See 1876 map from blueletterbible website

Khirbet (ruin of) Cana - a site in the Galilee, 8 miles northwest of Nazareth and 12 miles west of the Sea of Galilee, which seems the most likely "candidate" in the quest for the true location of Cana.

Recent archaeological evidence points to it as the location of the biblical town mentioned in the Gospel of John (John 2: 1-11) where Jesus, attending a marriage feast with his mother and his disciples turned water into wine. The preliminary findings support this theory: thus, for instance, some 25% of the plentiful pottery uncovered here stems from the late Hellenistic and early Roman, and 50% from the Byzantine Period.

The site is being excavated by a team of archaeologists under the direction of Professor Douglas R. Edwards of the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. According to Prof. Edwards, this spot, on the north side of an important trade route, the Bet Netofa Valley, was a destination for pilgrims already as early as the 5th century CE, and the amount of imported pottery indicates the possibility that these pilgrims came in large numbers.

"Cana and its environs represent an intriguing location," states Edwards. "It had a long time religious association as the site where Jesus turned water into wine. It became one of the villages settled by one of the Jewish priestly families after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. And it lies along an east-west thoroughfare, at least through the Byzantine Period. The historical periods for Galilee generally receive little attention, in large measure because of the plethora of literary evidence. But texts provide only a small window into the very complex societies of which they were a part."

The town of Qana in Southern Lebanon is the site mentioned in the news. See the videos below:

IDF video clips available on MFA website
The footage shows Hizbullah's firing of rockets from Kafr Qana and behind buildings, and the use of civilians as human shields:

--Hizbullah missile fire from within the village of Kafr Qana

-- Hizbullah firing rockets from behind buildings

-- Hizbullah use of civilian shields

Answer 2

Wikipedia indicates about Qana that "The town is a candidate as the location where the Marriage at Cana in which Jesus performed his first miracle. For more see Cana."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana

If your views are based so on history, is it not time to leave America for native Americans now? They owned this territory alone much less time ago than Jews lived somewhere around the place where Israel exists now. Would it be OK for you, if somebody will say you to leave your state at least temporarily, say, for a period of kind bombing your house?

Answer 3

No. And neither is any other town/city.

The Bible is not capable of making predictions any more than Nostradamus can, reading tea leaves, or the entrals of chickens.

It is time you try to base your knowledge on something more reliable than beliefs and ignorance.

Answer 4

its not cana its qana, oh my gosh, now this isa new propoganda,,
watch the clip http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14258.htm
and chill, it has never been israel,, israel never existed before, you know that, then how come its israels? lol

Answer 5

yes, it belongs to Israel in the ancient times

Answer 6

didn't you see that on tv tonight?
yes.