Sacred Atlas

Bible Place Guide

Cana in the Bible

Jesus' first sign in John: water turned to wine at a wedding. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationGalilee, Israel
ConfidenceMedium
Scripture refs5

Medium confidence

Modern identification

Kafr Kanna or Khirbet Qana - Galilee, Israel

Coordinates32.8222, 35.3027
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

John 2:1-11John 4:46John 2:1John 2:11John 21:2

Why this place is in the atlas

Jesus' first sign in John: water turned to wine at a wedding.

Candidate identifications

Sacred Atlas keeps disputed locations visible instead of forcing false certainty. These scores are starter algorithmic weights and remain under editorial review.

Khirbet Qana proposal - 69% Traditional confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial
Kafr Kanna tradition - 31% Disputed confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial

Claim ledger

names[0].value Cana Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Jesus' first sign in John: water turned to wine at a wedding. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a031bda, urlSlug: cana, friendlyId: Cana OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.8222, longitude: 35.30269, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
identifications[0].modernRegion Galilee Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
scriptureReferences John 2:1-11, John 4:46, John 2:1, John 2:11 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes c. AD 27-30: First sign in John's Gospel Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium