"Cana is the Hebrew for Hanna, so the wedding here, where Jesus is turning water into wine, is the wedding of Hanna. She comes from the poor family with no good wine and not much poor wine either. As I already tell you, wine is the very important part of the traditions in Israel. Shabat and all the celebrations uses the candles and the wine."
His shaggy eyebrows contract. "In Jesus' time the wine is also much a part of Hebrew celebrations, so when the wine is running out at the wedding, Mary asks Jesus to help. At first he is refusing and saying that it is not the time, but his mother asks until he says all right to the request."
"It was Jesus' first miracle," Rory says and takes a reverent breath.
Sol gives him an ironic glance.
"People today is often coming here to make the miracles. It is a favorite place to cure the blind. I don't know if it works, but-" He shrugs. "At any rate, at the wedding, Jesus is filling the six jugs with water, and when the water is poured out, it is wine."
He swings his arm toward the church. "The Christians is building their church over the synagogue where the wedding is taking place. You can see under glass on the floor the mosaics that is here then. There is also the stone jars in the crypt."
Rory takes another audible breath.
"Maybe the jugs is the same. Maybe not."
