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Grape skin have some sort of wild yeast on them. Unless they are killed by pasteurization, the crushed grapes and their juice will eventually ferment.
The 2,000-year-old, discarded bottle of 100% grape juice appears to have been used in lieu of wine at the traditional Jewish meal. The find finally lends biblical and historical support for the practice of using grape juice instead of wine at Communion, as many denominations have done for years. While many had assumed the Rabbi and His followers drank regular wine during the festivities, this theory is now all but disproved by this exciting find.
While a small amount of the grape juice was left in the bottom of the bottle, it was quickly discarded as it had been discovered to have fermented, turning the remainder of the juice into “the devil’s drink.”
At publishing time, scholars had confirmed the discovery of a stack of tiny plastic cups and bits of saltine crackers in the same vicinity, along with golden plates used to pass them out to the disciples by a team of ushers.
Considering that Grape Juice wasn’t invented until 1869, by Thomas Welch (aka Welch’s Grape Juice), Jesus turning the water into grape juice is not logical.When I was growing up Baptist, the version of the Wedding at Cana story that I was taught was that Jesus turned the water into grape juice, which was the best “wine” the ruler of the feast had ever tasted! I didn’t say it out loud, but I doubted that interpretation very much. Quite frankly, that’s what really got me to thinking about what else the Baptist church got wrong.
The Baptists don’t have the same Biblical excuse here that they have in the case of the Last Supper. John uses the word “wine” repeatedly in the Wedding at Cana episode.When I was growing up Baptist, the version of the Wedding at Cana story that I was taught was that Jesus turned the water into grape juice,
I don’t think that bothered them too much at the time…The Baptists don’t have the same Biblical excuse here that they have in the case of the Last Supper. John uses the word “wine” repeatedly in the Wedding at Cana episode.
Surely you’re not suggesting that the Baptists were telling a deliberateI don’t think that bothered them too much at the time…![]()
lol, terminological inexactitude! I’m going to have to start using that phrase!Surely you’re not suggesting that the Baptists were telling a deliberatelieterminological inexactitude about what they’d read in their Bibles?
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What is Jesus telling us about himself in these two verses?So I could tell my Baptist friend I believe
Jesus drank wine and be okay?