(John 2:1-11) "lasted usually for a whole week; but the cost of such prolonged rejoicing is very small in the East. The guests sit round the great bowl or bowls on the floor, the meal usually consisting of a lamb or kid stewed in rice or barley. The most honoured guests sit nearest, others behind; and all in eating dip their hand into the one smoking mound, pieces of the thin bread, bent together, serving for spoons when necessary. After the first circle have satisfied themselves, those lower in honour sit down to the rest, the whole company being men, for women are never seen at a feast. Water is poured on the hands before eating; and this is repeated when the meal closes, the fingers having first been wiped on pieces of bread, which, after serving the same purpose as table-napkins with us, are thrown on the ground to be eaten by any dog that may have stolen in from the streets through the ever-open door, or picked up by those outside when gathered and tossed out to them (Matthew 15:27; Mark 7:28). Rising from the ground and retiring to the seats round the walls, the guests then sit down cross-legged and gossip, or listen to recitals, or puzzle over riddles, light being scantily supplied by a small lamp or two, or if the night be chilly, by a smouldering fire of weeds kindled in the middle of the room, perhaps in a brazier, often in a hole in the floor. As to the smoke, it escapes as it best may; but indeed there is little of it, though enough to blacken the water or wine or milk skins hung up on pegs on the wall. (Comp. Psalm 119:83.) To some such marriage-feast Jesus and his five disciples were invited at Cana of Galilee." Geikie's Life of Christ. (see CANA.)

Does Venus Militaris, Also, Preside Over the Evil-Doing of Camps.. ...
... abominable. All this illustrates, therefore, the Christian scruples about
marriage-feasts, of which see vol. v. note 1, p. 435.]. ...
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The Ten virgins.
... and enter with him into the festal hall,"a group in character and constituents closely
corresponding to the bridesmaids at our marriage feasts,"or they may ...
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Healing the Centurion's Servant.
... with the patriarchs (Luke 14:15), but lost sight of the fact that Gentiles should
share in its cheer and fellowship ( Isaiah 25:6). Marriage feasts and other ...
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God did not Make Evil, nor is He at all in any Way the Author of ...
... speaks of our being near the angels in this respect, that as the angels in heaven,
so we also in paradise, spend our time no more in marriage-feasts or other ...
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The Kingdom of God Conceived as the Inheritance of the Poor.
... [Footnote 2: Matthew 21:31, 32.]. He had no external affectation or show of austerity.
He did not fly from pleasure; he went willingly to marriage feasts. ...
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Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians.
... Church, and puts a man in punishment, [1303]313; likened to a savage beast,
[1304]ib.; of Cain from want of love, [1305]342; bred at marriage feasts, [1306] ...
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The Gateway into the Kingdom.
... You may often be invited to marriage feasts here; but you will never attend
the marriage supper of the Lamb except you are born again. ...
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The Romance of M. Renan. By Napoleon Roussel.
... but repentant? Is this bridal train of Apostles any thing more than a metaphor?
Did Jesus often go to marriage feasts? Do not all ...
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Book ii. Jerome Answers the Second, Third, and Fourth Propositions ...
... has dared to maintain that our Lord was called by the Pharisees a wine-bibber and
a glutton: and from the fact of His going to marriage feasts and from His not ...
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His Own Funeral Sermon
... I have been to many marriage-feasts, I have gone there at duty's call; but I can
confirm what Solomon said, "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than ...
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Marriagefeasts

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Marriage-feasts (6 Occurrences)
Marriage-feasts. Marriagefeasts, Marriage-feasts. Marriages . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Marriagefeasts, Marriage-feasts. Marriages . Reference Bible.
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Fattened (19 Occurrences)
... who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been
killed, and all things 'are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts; (See NAS ...
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Recline (14 Occurrences)
... Luke 14:8 When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest
not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been ...
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Marriages (4 Occurrences)

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Marriage-feast (4 Occurrences)
Marriage-feast. Marriage, Marriage-feast. Marriagefeasts . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (YLT). Marriage, Marriage-feast. Marriagefeasts . Reference Bible.
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Cross-ways (1 Occurrence)
... Cross-ways (1 Occurrence). Matthew 22:9 be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and
as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts. (YLT). ...
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Calves (34 Occurrences)
... who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been
killed, and all things 'are' ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts; (See RSV ...
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Arrived (129 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:10 And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those
ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut; (See ...
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Couch (55 Occurrences)
... Luke 14:8 When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest
not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been ...
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