To turn is another way to say pour, did Jesus turn the water into the wine to make it go further, or to rip off the customers in the bar he worked in during the 30 missing years of his life?
2006-09-15 00:56:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reply to Richard J:
You call me hateful...that's a bit rich!
2006-09-15 01:02:08 · update #1
I think Jesus might have been the bartender at a lot of the bars I have frequented, then...
2006-09-15 00:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is impossible because the passage to which you refer states that the wedding guests were amazed because this wine was served towards the end of the festivities and the general consensus was that the best was saved for last (when the custom of the time was to serve the best wine first). Watered down wine would obviously not be considered the cream of the crop, as this wine was. If you want to start from the supposition that there was no miracle you'd be better off just saying the whole episode was a lie and did not occur in the first place rather than just trying to rationalize the miracle portion away.
2006-09-15 01:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by KDdid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was fine wine, not watered down wine. It was better than the wine that ran out. Did you read the details? He told them to put water in the pots first and then pour it out. He did that so that they would know that there was nothing in the pots beforehand. There was not a can of juice concentrate, leftover wine or a freeze dried package of wine in the bottom which became wine when the water was added. It removed all doubt that this was miraculous.
If you were to fill a ceremonial pot with just any old water, what would happen to the pot? It would become unclean and unfit for ceremonial use from then on.
Do you reverence the LORD?
2006-09-15 01:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by Sleek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No He did not water the wine down, if He could bring Lazarus back from the dead I guess turning water into wine wouldn't have been to difficult for Him. He did it for His mother, at her request, because the wine had depleted.
I know some Biblefire preachers teach it wasn't REAL alcoholic wine, but it was REAL wine. The Bible teaches us to drink a LITTLE wine with our meals to help our digestive system. Jesus didn't have 30 missing years. His ministry didn't start until He was 30 years old. The wine incident was His first miracle He would perform.
2006-09-15 01:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by pooh bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact is, Wine at the time either way was highly watered down.
Because drinking water wasn't safe they combined it with wine to make it safer to some extent. Plus they hadn't come up with the ability to distill anything, therefore the wine wouldn't even be comparable to today's
Actually they estimate that 30 glasses of wine at that time equals about 2 Martini's of this time.
Doesn't have too much to really do with the question, but interesting things I have learned.
2006-09-15 01:00:39 · answer #5 · answered by schr91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John 2:6 records that Jesus commanded the servants to fill the "waterpots," which were used for ritual purification by the Jews. These waterpots were not used for anything other than washing. Therefore, there would not have been (and could not have been) wine in them already.
I will ignore the second part of your question, because it's obviously not a serious one.
Peace.
2006-09-15 01:02:53 · answer #6 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would kindly suggest you get a "literal translation" Bible and read that passage again. Jesus did not work in a bar - he was a carpenter. And the water was actually transformed into wine, on an atomic/molecular level. Only the Lord could have done this. If you are still unsure, please talk to a Christian Bible scholar.
2006-09-15 01:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by James F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JESUS might have turned water into wine by adding dehydrated wine mixture ( similar to our kool - aid mix of today ) to the water to produce wine. scientists know this is how the Roman culture sent wine long distances in order to save weight in shipping wine to the various parts of the Roman Empire.
2006-09-15 01:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believed in the bible, which, by your question it would seem highly unlikely, you would believe in the miracles that were performed. And this is just one of the many. It was a wedding feast and he changed the water into wine. That is to say it was converted into wine.
2006-09-15 00:59:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Was the first miracle Jesus performed .
it was a wedding ceremony and the wine was all over so mary came to him and asked him to do something about it he asked servants to pour water in the vessels and he transformed it into wine ......
2006-09-15 01:03:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋