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Did Jesus drink alcohol?

Yes, Jesus did drink alcohol by his own admission.

In Luke we read a quote from Jesus himself that says:

Luke 7:33-34 “For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’”

This is obviously NOT a reference to unfermented grape juice, based on the choice word “drunkard”.

    It is important to note that this verse does not say that Jesus was a drunkard, but rather that his mockers (Pharisees) called him a drunkard.  One only needs to watch a minute of a contemporary political debate to understand how such forms of mud-slinging turns innocent facts into juicy, exaggerated lies.  However it is clear that Jesus made a straight-forward admission to drinking wine while arguing against the Pharisees who were trying to expose fault in Him.  It is apparent that His drinking of wine was not something that we was ashamed of (Jesus did not sin), nor something that he would not openly admit to His accusers.

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    • He makes…wine that gladdens human hearts.

      Psalm 104:15
    • God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

      Anne Sexton
    • Don’t drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often.

      1 Timothy 5:23
    • Others drink to forget. Christians drink to remember.

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      Plato
    • God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as He loves vegetation

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    • Beer is made by man, wine by God.

      Martin Luther
    • If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.

      David Daye
    • Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

      Ecclesiastes 9:7
    • The selling of bad beer is a crime against Christian love.

      Martin Luther

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