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NASB | Matthew 26:29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 26:29 "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." |
Subject: What is 'the fruit of the vine'? |
Bible Note: The wine of their day was, according to my research, very strong -- well into the high teens percentage wise and possibly higher. My friend, Evelyn Mundell, wrote to a rabbinic professor at one of the universities in Israel and was told that indeed the wine of Jesus time was in this 16-18 percent range. Although YOU have not managed to do this does not in ANY way prove it was not done. Wine making was a highly developed skill in Jesus time to the point that by Jewish oral tradition (Mishna and Talmud) a wine merchant had to be able to guarantee his wine would not go off. Furthermore, if their wine was only 1 or 2 percent, as you maintain, it would have been impossible for them to get drunk on it at all. I simply want to know what Jesus had in his cup. My evidence shows it was a naturally fermented wine. The wines of the time were indeed intoxicating and that is why God laid down laws concerning abuse of wine and other strong drinks. Let's just use for the Lord's Supper what the Lord used. Who gave us the right to change it? In His Service Tim Sheasby |