the third day. Of this first week: i.e. the third day after the last event (Joh_1:4-51), i.e. the seventh day. Compare the 1st (Joh_1:19-28); 2nd (29-34); 3rd (Joh_1:35-42); 4th (Joh_1:43-51). In Genesis, after six days there comes a marriage.
was = took place.
marriage = marriage feast, as in Mat_22:2, &c. Sometimes lasting a week.
in. Greek en.App-104.
Cana of Galilee. Now Kefr Kenna, on the road from Nazareth to Tiberias. So called to distinguish it from Cana in Asher.
Jesus.App-98.
was there: i.e. was already there when the Lord arrived.