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1 | What was in the cup, wine? | Mark 14:25 | rabban | 192017 | ||
While it is unquestionable that Jesus did drink mild wine mixed with water we have to remember that in those days water was in most cases almost undrinkable, unless you could go to a place where there was a spring. From there water jars would be filled and provided a limited supply of water (especially if you had to go a long way). Thus wine was the easily available cheap alternative and mixed with the scarcer water was a necessity. And it was unavoidably drunk by all, children included. The water in Ephesus was particularly bitter. That is probably why Paul said to Timothy (who was in Ephesus), 'Be no longer a drinker of water. Drink a little wine for your stomach's sake and your regular infirmities' (1 Timothy 5.23). This would suggest that Timothy did try to keep off wine, and was nobly sticking to the water that was making him ill. I do not think that this has anything to say either way about whether Jesus would enter a tavern, which is a totally different question. However, the Scriptures certainly condemn 'wine and strong drink', in other words the powerful stuff (Leviticus 10.9; Proverbs 20.1; Isaiah 5.22; 28.7; Luke 1.15). And Paul in Ephesians 5.18 warns against 'being drunk with wine' but rather urges us to be 'filled with the spirit'. Both produce singing, but of totally different kinds. |
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2 | What was in the cup, wine? | Mark 14:25 | MJH | 192278 | ||
we have to remember that in those days water was in most cases almost undrinkable - This is not true. Thus wine was the easily available cheap alternative -- This is also not true (the cheap part anyway) The water in Ephesus was particularly bitter -- This very well may be the case, but this is not in Jerusalem nor Galilee. Jesus certainly did drink wine at the Passover (as stated already in this thread) but nowhere that I have found does it say it was mixed with water or a "weak" version. These are often argument used by those who want to prohibit alcohol by their members, but it's not based in accurate history (at least that I have ever found.) If a church body wants to prohibit the stuff, they have the Biblical right to do so under the "binding and loosing" given by Jesus to his followers. Of course some read these verses differently too, but oh well. MJH |
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