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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." |
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| Bible Question: What is 'the fruit of the vine'? Most people in American protestant churches or in churches rooted in American Protestantism believe it is "any fruit of the vine" or that it is "grape juice". At first glance, the phrase could be taken to mean anything that originates in the vine. However, if we are to practice good principles of hermeneutics, we need to establish the scope of meaning (if any) as it was used in the first century. This has been discussed to some extent in the context of 1 Cor 11:17 ff. However, I have been doing some further study on this and have found that the more I study, the more evidence I find that it can only be wine and can never be grape juice. Have any of you got any evidence that contradicts this? I will be posting some more thorough notes in due course. |
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Bible Answer: I return 9 years and many hours of study later to put new light on my own question. Someone once said to me "What if you have missed something? Will you change your view?" to which I answered that honesty would demand that of me. I continued to study the issue of the fruit of the vine from a linguistic point of view. I looked at how the Greek translators of the Septuagint translated the Hebrew word for fruit. I also considered the root idea in the greek word for "fruit" in the Lord's supper accounts. I finally came to the conclusion that the force of the Greek word _genema_ was to emphasise the origin of the fruit rather than the fruit itself. What was important about the fruit of the vine was where it came from rather than what it was. Jesus, in John's gospel, said "I am the vine". Since this discourse was within hours of the last supper, I thought, could there be a correlation? What is important about the blood of Christ that cleanses us from our sin is not that it is blood but that it is Christ's blood. The source is more important than the element itself. My revised view now is that in partaking the fruit of the vine, whether grape juice or wine, I remember the source – the vine. I remember where the saving blood comes from instead of the blood itself. |
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