Many well-meaning people will point to the miracle where Jesus turns water into wine as their justification to drink alcoholic beverages (Jn. 2:1-11). They correctly conclude that Christ would not have made wine if He did not approve of its consumption. However, they err by assuming the wine which Jesus made was fermented. The generic Greek word for wine (oinos) does not imply either a fermented nor unfermented beverage. We have already covered this point ...
Read MoreThe Bible has a lot to say on the subject of "wine," but unfortunately it does not specify what kind of ''wine'' it is talking about. There are several words from different languages that get translated into the word ''wine.'' Yayin and tirosh from the Hebrew, oinos and gleukos from the Greek, and vinum from the Latin are all words that were translated into "wine" in the Bible. The word tirosh and gleukos refers to ...
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