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Re: Social drinking?
Keep in mind that these Jewish wedding celebrations last a week so running out of wine would have been a big deal. The groom's family was responsible for providing all of the food and drink for the celebrations and from what I have read they could have been sued for a breach of hospitality to his guest. So Jesus making all of that wine was not for the purpose of keeping people drunk, or to cause them to sin...but to provide the necessary amount of wine needed to get through the week of celebrations. If all the wine was for only a day it would seem like a lot...but for a week? Not so much. Just an opinion but perhaps there were more people that showed up for these celebrations than was anticipated. Jesus made the wine...Jesus is not a sinner, so that is really all we need to know.
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