Jesus turns water into wine at Cana. But was it really alcohol?

Was Jesus’s turned water, a Vine or Wine?

In the book of John chapter 2 it is attributed that Jesus turns water into wine in Cana of Galilee, an “alcoholic drink”? Of what we know of his curing men from bizarre illnesses and his life awarding miracles, Christ bears testimony of his delivering healing to mankind. In those ancient times of Greek medicine which was constantly expanding its influence, God deemed to deliver His glory by equipping the son of a genially beautiful woman, Mary peace and blessings be on her with medicinal miracles to show the grandeur work of God to heal and so the essential need for Faith in Him to earn the everlasting life in God’s Kingdom.

Jesus with his God sanctioned attribute the [Messiah : Maseeh : Healer : Anointer : Christ] sincerely strove to free his people from the bondage of slavery and sin. In his long standing efforts to lead men into virtue by faith than by law at its principle, his times were dauntingly challenging. In the stream of Semitic languages  Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic line up as sister languages, it is  in similar parity to French, Italian and Spanish having common roots in Latin. So, the magic was in the expression that got meticulously tampered before the eyes of men during the first interpretations of his teachings by a people who were foreign associated and naive to  Semitic studies. So, when the Romans shouldered responsibility to decipher the teachings of Christ while now owning the possession of the Church, they conveniently carried their inclinations into it. Such as associating Jesus as the begotten child of God as they were really accustomed to having had such superstitious beliefs in their previous pagan culture of gods & goddesses and god’s children. In such of their unfamiliarity they also brought forward the association of Vine to be Wine! as they could not see why Jesus’s teachings would disapprove Wine drinking? So therefore the scarcely visible difference from [V to VV, W] expressed jolly drinking of Wine among the Anglo Christian communities.

In the Quran, Vine is expressed as a drink which will be served to the dwellers of Paradise. The Quran exhibits such narrative to lure the believers for the heart grappling luxury and affluence in Paradise such that, we may practice righteousness to earn it before God. A miracle demonstrated by Jesus by turning water perhaps into delightful grape Vine, to show some glimpses of such Heavenly rejoice, I don’t mean, it as necessarily a grape Vine. As such the Gospel like the Quran disdains Wine drinking in Ephesians chapter 5 -And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit. Also worth noting is a citation from Luke chapter 1 -For he (Jesus) shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. For those of you, who are mislead to think that Jesus advocated drinking alcohol? I may have to reason with you, for a fact that ‘a man who taught to wish for others what we wish for ourselves, could never have wished the world to drink alcohol’ while he himself abstained from drinking it. The sufferings of men due to alcoholism, the billion dollars deficits on the medical budget emanating out of soaring drinking problems incurred on the health of the citizens & the related domestic violence can never be attributed to the miracle of Christ. 

Jesus turns water into wine, would you still insist on this view? perchance the following be of some additional help. In Semitic languages vine and wine both can be expressed by a common word called khamr (خمر), which is indicative of fermentation. So it is easy for the seekers of self desires to overlook the prohibitions conveniently, perhaps by citing the use of root word in the scripture which implies fermenting or brewing. In Quran 4.43 the prohibition on drinks is alluded to alcoholism, as they result in intoxication of our minds similar to Gospel pointing at debauchery and strong drink. God’s clear message is explicit in detailing and separating His meant prohibitions from other consumables. Say, for example tea & coffee are drinks often made from brewing and fermentation. As such these beverages do not cause headiness or intoxication so as to loose our minds even for a while. Contrastingly, prohibited alcoholic beverages do cause headaches and neglectfulness. Quran in the lines of the Gospel as sighted above clarifies that the vine in the Heaven is sober and shall have no unpleasant effects. Quran 37-47 -No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated-.  Therefore when I translate or interpret the Semitic text, I need to conveniently define the use of terminologies; in this context I can use wine for all alcoholic prohibitions and vine for hygiene drinking and enjoyment.