The Day of Double Blessing

Since we just discussed Christ’s first miracle at the wedding in Cana, I thought I would mention an interesting fact about this passage regarding what day the wedding was held.

We know from Scripture that this wedding took place on the "third day"

“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:” John 2:1

Just like with our week, the third day of the week for the Jewish people is Tuesday.

Day 1) Sunday
Day 2) Monday
Day 3) Tuesday
Day 4) Wednesday
Day 5) Thursday
Day 6) Friday
Day 7) Saturday (The Jewish Sabbath, the day The Lord rested.)

So why is this wedding taking place on “the third day” a Tuesday?

Well for the answer to that question, we have to go all the way back to the first chapter of Genesis.

You will find when you read in Genesis that God would create, declare those things “good” aka bless those things (the Hebrew word is Towb Strong’s H2896) and then conclude the day.

This declaration of "good" happened on the first day (Sunday) of course.

4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:4-5

On the second day (Monday) however, God does not declare anything "good". I have to agree with Him on this one, there is nothing good about Monday's!!

6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:6-8

So again, nothing is declared good on the second day

God makes up for the lack of any blessings or declarations of "good" on the second day, by declaring two things "good" on the third day (Tuesday).

9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10] And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

1st declaration of "good"

12] And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

2nd declaration of "good"

13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 1:9-10 & 12-13

Since God declared that what he had created was "good" 2 times on the third day (Tuesday), to the Jewish people the third day came to be known as the “Day of Double Blessing”

So all good little Jewish girls, if possible, will hold their weddings on Tuesday, the third day, the “Day of Double Blessing”

And it was no different for the young couple whose wedding Jesus attended in Cana.