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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: It has been several years since I first posted this question and started this debate here. Now I find that in many ways I have come full circle and have a different, perhaps unique, outlook on the fruit of the vine. In my search for a good, biblical answer I found some interesting things and made an interesting connection. I decided to look at words translated "fruit" in the old and new testament and see if there were different concepts behind these roots. Words translated fruit either refer to the fruit itself, or to the origin of the fruit. In the case of the fruit of the vine, I now believe, Jesus was emphasising the **source** of the fruit rather than the **product** of the fruit. The interesting connection I made was the Jesus' discourse after the supper on the way to the garden where he said "I am the vine, and you are the branches". Having just eaten the supper where Jesus emphasises the importance of the source of the fruit of the vine, he now tells them he is the vine. Without connection to him we have no life. The fruit of the vine is defined by its source. In the same way Jesus' blood is important because it is **his** blood, not because it is merely blood. I no longer believe Jesus was trying to say that the fruit of the vine has to be wine, but that it must come from the vine. Blood of bulls and goats, though it was blood, was not the blood of Christ -- not the fruit of the vine! |
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