Originally posted by Kyle Miller:
actually, if you knew any hebrew, the word did not mean fermented juice from grapes, and if you care to disagree, tell me where you find wine in the wilderness by yourself?!


Actually, I'm Jewish and can read hebrew. many jewish holidays call for the consumption of wine, and jesus (as well as everyone else from that time)obviously consumed wine as well.

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Also, we are called upon to drink "the fruit of the vine." That is literally what the hebrew word means. Since preserving grape juice was impossible in ancient times, it was fermented into wine.

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From a quick google search:
Wine - The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment."

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