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NASB | Matthew 11:19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 11:19 "The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, 'Look! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews]!' Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by her deeds [in the lives of those who respond to Me]." |
Subject: Did Jesus ever drink wine? |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, True they did, but in both cases it was a conclusion based on what the Lord was doing or saying. In John 7:1-24 the Lord was the Jews that they were plotting to kill him. The crowd responded that he had a demon; nobody was trying to kill him. This sounded like lunacy, therefore the demon comment. Later in John 8:48 the Jews repeated the accusation because Jesus had said they were children of the devil, not Abraham to whom they could prove natural lineage. Again Jesus' comment sounded like lunacy on the surface. In the same way, one cannot be a glutton or drunkard without eating and drinking those things that could be used to bring an accusation, however unfounded. So both types of comments were disparaging and fueled by hatred, but there was some outward act that prompted them. That's all. :-) Steve |