![]() ![]() ![]() "When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew ) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now." John 2:9-10 "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it." - Matthew 21:33-34 In the above illustration a woman is seen bringing more grapes in a basket. The juice would run into containers on the sides of the large basin. ![]() They would hold on to ropes above them and stamp their feet. In the ancient world the wine press was a large basin where men would tread grapes.
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