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Originally Posted by VamPyroX
Ah, interesting. I've always thought that wine was not absolutely necessary because it was the concept that was important, not the exact materials. Oh well, I guess there's a first time for everything.  |
Some places use "alcoholic wine," because the King James Version says "wine," and that's the meaning today. The word used in the original Greek means "grape product," and that can be anything from grapes still on the vine to grape juice to wine to raisins. You need to look at the context. When the Lord's Supper was introduced, it was part of the Passover meal; all leaven (yeast) would have been removed from the houses, including fermented wine. The Biblical example is grape juice.
Getting back to the original post, they say that a glass of wine is good for the heart, but it's not the alcohol, it's the grape. You can get the same health benefit from a glass of grape juice a day.