Who here actually belives that the 'wine' in the bible was actually juice?

Answer 1

I've heard other people say that and it just does not fit the social norms of the time.

It was wine, definitely.

Answer 2

I don't. If it was really juice, the Bible would clearly say juice, not wine. It doesn't so therefore that was not the case. If that incident even happened.

Anyone who has ever drank alcohol even once in their life knows that wine is fermented juice. Due to the way of living back then, especially in that part of the world, they didn't have refrigeration and the water itself was not pure enough to drink (and they didn't have the knowledge we do today to purify it for consumption) so wine, not juice, was their staple drink. If you've ever had a bottle of juice and accidentally left it out of the fridge for any period of time, it starts to ferment. It didn't take hardly any time at all in those conditions for them to produce wine.

Answer 3

Did you know that since they had no refrigeration that all juices would start fermenting and would turn bitter or turn into some sort of wine if not used immediately? Mostly everyone drank wine at those times because they didn't have the means to keep juice from fermenting.

Answer 4

Doesn't make any sense at all because the Bible warns about getting drunk on wine. If the two words are the same in the original language, and are translated alike over 2,000 years and more....then I would say the wine had alcohol content.
There are recipes still in existence for Egyptian beers, from 5,000 years ago, and for Roman and Greek food and wines from the New Testament period.

This is a wonderful case of selective literalism by the Fundies you know!! Talk to theologians with REAL educations from REAL universities, not Jerry Falwell types who make their own rules and have to build schools to support creationism.

Answer 5

Catholics believe wine in the Bible was wine.

Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, ... (John 2:7-9)

Wine is used throughout both the Old and New Testaments. The first recorded miracle of Jesus was to turn water in wine at the wedding in Cana.

It is true that we should not become drunk but used in moderation, wine is a biblically acceptable beverage.

Go, eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart, because it is now that God favors your works. (Ecclesiastes 9:7)

What would Jesus do? Jesus had a cup of wine with dinner.

If some people wish to totally forego alcohol to eliminate the temptation to over indulge, that's fine. But I don't think they should force that unbiblical teaching onto others.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

Digger,
This is a good question. From everything that we find in their writing. They used a WEAK form of wine. It was not left for great periods of time and they used natural processes to ferment it. It certainly was not juice but it was not wine as we know it today. Have a great day.
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Answer 7

Wine. Strong stuff. Who would care about new juice in old bottles?

Answer 8

It started out as juice, then fermentation set in and presto! WINE! So yeah, in that sense, wine is powerful juice.

Answer 9

why would it be juice, it says wine, it had to be wine, thats what people drank in those times due to the lack of good water

Answer 10

I don't it was wine it said he turned water into wine not water into juice

Answer 11

It wasn't juice, but it wasn't wine by our standards. It was water purified with a very small amount of wine. The water of Jesus' time could have made people sick if not purified with a small amount of alcohol.