RE: Did Jesus drink wine or grape juice?
November 16, 2020 at 4:07 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2020 at 5:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Yeah, it's things like this that leave me completely stumped. We actually know alot about wine, because alot of we know comes from the vessels used to transport and hold it. It was a massive undertaking. If you were breathing in that place and that time you were drinking wine. Children drank wine.
But right here in the titular story we can notice something.
We don't know exactly how many people were there - jesus, jesus mom, his disciples - then whatever other assorted guests. But we do know that after they had already consumed whatever amount of wine they had stored up for a wedding, jesus magically procured another 120-180 gallons of it.
I don't think the guy had any specific aversion to wine.
My favorite part...just a bit later, after having this wine brought out , the "master of the banquet" exclaims
We don't know for sure what he meant by it being the choicest wine, we can assume it tasted good and we could expect that it was getting him good and sloshed as a guy who had already finished off the previous batch and was about to be swimming in the god-breathed one.
-couldn't help it, did the math. However many people were at that party.....
at 20%abv with a 5oz pour to a glass we're looking at 1.5 to 2 drinks to get intoxicated
at 128oz to a gallon we're looking at 17-13 people per gallon
20/30 gallons to a jar
340/510 - 260/390 people per jar.
6 jars.
That's how much wine was at that party, that jesus made...in the second batch. Enough to intoxicate up to 3000 people. Miraculous indeed.
But right here in the titular story we can notice something.
Quote:On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
We don't know exactly how many people were there - jesus, jesus mom, his disciples - then whatever other assorted guests. But we do know that after they had already consumed whatever amount of wine they had stored up for a wedding, jesus magically procured another 120-180 gallons of it.
I don't think the guy had any specific aversion to wine.
My favorite part...just a bit later, after having this wine brought out , the "master of the banquet" exclaims
Quote:Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now
We don't know for sure what he meant by it being the choicest wine, we can assume it tasted good and we could expect that it was getting him good and sloshed as a guy who had already finished off the previous batch and was about to be swimming in the god-breathed one.
-couldn't help it, did the math. However many people were at that party.....
at 20%abv with a 5oz pour to a glass we're looking at 1.5 to 2 drinks to get intoxicated
at 128oz to a gallon we're looking at 17-13 people per gallon
20/30 gallons to a jar
340/510 - 260/390 people per jar.
6 jars.
That's how much wine was at that party, that jesus made...in the second batch. Enough to intoxicate up to 3000 people. Miraculous indeed.
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