Bible Question:
Greetings Truthfinder! One last question my friend! You wrote: "Self-righteous religious leaders in Jesus? day criticized him for occasionally drinking wine." Where exactly does the New Testament say that Jesus drank 'wine'? There is only one verse which I could find, and it says that once He tasted it, He refused it. Mt. 27:34 - "There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it." It is true that the pharisees called Him a drunkard, but they also said that He cast out demons by the power of Satan. :-) Their accusation does not make Jesus a drunkard. Even concerning communion, Scripture never specifically says that 'wine' was used. We tend to make a lot of cultural assumptions about these points, but do not look at what Scripture actually says. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: Hi Tim, I am writting in a hurry not proofing anything so please understand. Matt 26:29 indicates to me Jesus drank wine. Jesus drank the wine at the annual Passover celebration but not at the Lord’s Supper where he offered it to the eleven apostles. Lu 22:15-18, 20. Also Joh 19:28-30 and Lu 23:36, 37 indicates to me that Jesus drank wine. I wrote in the above post: Self-righteous religious leaders in Jesus’ day criticized him for occasionally drinking wine. Said Jesus: “John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, but you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of man has come eating and drinking, but you say, ‘Look! A man gluttonous and given to drinking wine!’” (Luke 7:33, 34) What would have been the point of contrast between Jesus’ drinking and John’s not drinking if Jesus had merely been drinking nonalcoholic grape juice? Remember, it was said of John in contrast, that he was to “drink no wine and strong drink at all.”—Luke 1:15. Truthfinder |