Bible Question:

We are told in the following passages that Jesus drank wine on the cantankerous: John 19:30; Matthew 27:48 and Marker 15:36. However, we also know that Jesus promised before He was crucified that He would non potable vino until He drank it with the disciples in God's Kingdom. How should we reconcile Jesus' promise that He will not drink wine anymore until the Kingdom of God comes and His drinking wine on the cantankerous?

Bible Answer:

Our question is "Did Jesus lie about not drinking wine until the kingdom?" The reason this is a question is that Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25 and Luke 22:xviii land Jesus told the disciples He would not drink vino with them again until they were in the kingdom. But then Jesus drank wine on the cantankerous (Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36; John 19:29-30). Therefore, did Jesus lie? Why did He drink wine on the cross after saying He would not drink vino until the kingdom? How should we reconcile Jesus' hope that He would not drink wine until the Kingdom of God and and so He drank wine on the cross?

Did Jesus lie about not drinking wine until the kingdom?

Not Drinking Wine Until The Kingdom

The iii synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) tell usa that while Jesus and the disciples were in the upper room,  He told the disciples He would not potable from the fruit of the vine until they were in the Male parent's kingdom or the kingdom of God. Matthew 26:29 and Luke 22:eighteen are the nearly explicit statements that Jesus would non beverage vino once again until the kingdom. Notice in Luke 22:18, Jesus said, "I will non drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom shall come."

But I say to you, I volition not beverage from now on of this fruit of the vine, until that twenty-four hours when I drink information technology new with you lot in my Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29 (NASB)

Truly I say to you, I volition drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that twenty-four hour period that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. Marker 14:25 (NASB)

For I say to you, I will non drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. Luke 22:18 (NASB)

The Father'south kingdom is the millennial kingdom described in Revelation 20:four-six and in Isaiah 65:17-25; Joel 3:17-21; Zechariah 2:3-13; 14:8-21. It is important to observe that Matthew 25:34 teaches us the millennial kingdom has been prepared by the Father. 1 Corinthians 15:23-24 tells u.s.a. that Christ will reign afterwards His second coming and hand the kingdom over to the Father. Therefore, Jesus told the disciples that He would not potable vino with them again until thousands of years into the hereafter, since the second coming and the kingdom has not yet occurred.

Did Jesus Lie?

Therefore, did Jesus lie about drinking vino when He drank sour wine on the cross just before His death? Jesus drank sour wine on the cross. Luke 23:36 reports that a soldier offered Jesus sour vino to drink.

The soldiers too mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour vino . . . Luke 23:36 (NASB)

John 19:30 tells the states that Jesus drank the sour vino.

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "Information technology is finished!" John 19:30 (NASB)

The Greek for sour vino is oxos. The normal Greek word for wine is oinos. Therefore, is the difference in words hateful Jesus did not drink from the fruit of the vine? Did Jesus drink wine, after all? The answer is that oxos refers to a cheap wine, often drank by the poorer grade. Information technology was a product from the vine.  Thayer'south Lexicon defines oxos equally follows,

The mixture of sour wine or vinegar and water which the Roman soldiers were accustomed to drink.[one]

The Kittel lexicon defines oxos as follows,

"sour vino" and then added, "stronger content of sourness ("vinegar") . . .[2]

Therefore, since Jesus did beverage a form of vino did Jesus lie?

The answer is no! Jesus did not prevarication! He did non lie because Matthew 26:29 reports that Jesus promised He would ". . . drink it new with you in my Father'southward kingdom." Detect the italics that we added. He was referring to speaking with His disciples in the kingdom and non simply drinking from the fruit the vine—oxos or oinos.Jesus did not drink with the disciples on the cross. He was hanging on the cross past Himself and two thieves. All of the disciples had fled from Him (Matthew 26:56; Mark fourteen:50), except for the disciple whom Jesus loved, the apostle John, who was standing near the cantankerous (John nineteen:26-27).

Therefore, Jesus did not lie!

Conclusion:

Scripture teaches united states that God cannot prevarication (Numbers 23:nineteen; Titus i:2). Christ never sinned (Hebrews 4:fifteen; one Peter 2:22; i John 3:5). Every apparent conflict or contradiction can be explained with a conscientious examination of the Greek text and serious study of the passages of the Bible. The Bible is chosen the Word of Truth (Psalm 119:43; two Timothy 2:15; James 1:18) considering God the Holy wrote it through the prophets and apsotles (2 Pter one:20-21). Praise the Lord the Scriptures are truthful altogether!

Your give-and-take is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path. (NASB)

References:

one. Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.Christian Copyrights. 1983, p. 449.
2. Kittel. Theological Dictionary of the new Testament. Eerdmans. 1968. vol. v., p. 288-289.

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