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It was well on toward sunset when they sighted Cana, after a fatiguing tramp from the village of Nain where Justus's insistence on observing the Sabbath had kept them off the road for a day--one of the most tedious and profitless days that Marcellus had ever experienced.
Justus had gone to the little synagogue in the morning. Had he been invited, Marcellus would have accompanied him, so hard up was he for diversion in an unkempt town where there was nothing of interest to see or do. But Justus had set off alone, after assuring Marcellus that there were ample provisions for his noonday meal.