John 2:9-10 would indicate that these men were drunk. The phrase in verse 10 "men have well drunk" means they were intoxicated. In other words, they bring out the good wine first, and then after everybody has been drinking for a few days, because the marriage feast could go for several days, if they should run out of the good wine, they would bring out the cheap stuff and nobody knows the difference because they are pretty well intoxicated by then.
But the question comes up a lot if this is fermented wine that he's talking about here? The word for wine always indicated the fruit from the vine. The custom in those days, because of the bad water, was to drink wine that was diluted with water. Sometimes it's as much as nine parts water to one part wine just to bring down the alcohol level. Their alcohol level in those days was much lower that what we have today. It's not the same as the wine that is sold today.
Some people ask the question, "Why did Jesus create wine so that people can get drunk?" Well, it doesn't say that He did. But they did say that it was the best wine that they had, the proof of the miracle!
Fermented or unfermented, that is the question! Everything God has created is good! The question should be, how much will you drink? Anything that separates us from his love, is not good! His love is constant, share it with all your heart and soul!
John 2:9-10 would indicate that these men were drunk. The phrase in verse 10 "men have well drunk" means they were intoxicated. In other words, they bring out the good wine first, and then after everybody has been drinking for a few days, because the marriage feast could go for several days, if they should run out of the good wine, they would bring out the cheap stuff and nobody knows the difference because they are pretty well intoxicated by then.
But the question comes up a lot if this is fermented wine that he's talking about here? The word for wine always indicated the fruit from the vine. The custom in those days, because of the bad water, was to drink wine that was diluted with water. Sometimes it's as much as nine parts water to one part wine just to bring down the alcohol level. Their alcohol level in those days was much lower that what we have today. It's not the same as the wine that is sold today.
Some people ask the question, "Why did Jesus create wine so that people can get drunk?" Well, it doesn't say that He did. But they did say that it was the best wine that they had, the proof of the miracle!
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