Is Wedding mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

Yes , the wedding feast of Cana, probably part of Canaan. This is where Christ changed water to wine. Now, as a friend of mine joked, if the wedding was held in, shall we say, the Golan Heights, well you know what would be the beverage of choice!

Answer 2

When you say 'traditional', I take it that you mean the traditional (Western) Christian ceremony, used by both the Roman Catholic church and various Protestant denominations in the United States. Based on this assumption, I will attempt to answer your question:

There are very few explicit references to wedding ceremonies in The Bible, in either the Old or the New Testaments. The only passage that I can find is in the New Testament, in John 2, where Jesus and his disciples (also his mother) were at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, a sleepy little village about 8 miles north of Jesus' home town, Nazareth. It is interesting to note that the only detail of the wedding mentioned in the passage that coincides with our traditional contemporary weddings is that there was a party going on, and alcohol being consumed - so much so that they had completely run out of it!


What you will find in the Bible, that relates to our traditional wedding ceremony, are all the values that underpin the elements and parts of the rite: Family pride and unity, purity of those to be conjoined, constancy and fidelity, justice ("If anyone here present can show just cause as to why these two should not be joined together, let him speak now, or forever hold his peace."), love and devotion, self-sacrifice, joy and expectation of providence. These values are found all through the bible, and most of the parts of our wedding ceremony have been developed to underscore and illustrate those values, making sure that they are at "center stage" in one of the most significant rites in our culture: the joining of two people together to form a family, the basic building block of our society and culture.

Answer 3

Genesis chapter 2