Subject: did the wine from the water make you dr |
Bible Note: Grape juice can be preserved if it is dipped into well water and held there. Ancient people knew what to do to preserve grape juice and other products (tho' obviously not as well as refrigerators and freezers of today): "Columella, a renowned agriculturalist who lived in the first century A.D. In his treatise On Agriculture and Trees, Columella discusses at great length the various methods used by different people to preserve such produce as lettuce, onions, apples, pears, berries, plums, figs, olives, unfermented grape juice and fermented wine." from Bacchicocchi's book about wine in the Bible (http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/wine_in_the_bible/3.html). To fully answer the original question one must understand the culture of the day and what was meant by "the good wine" of John 2:10. |