In the Bible, many miracles have been documented. Jesus Christ, the One Who started Christianity and Whom Christians believe to be the Savior of the world, performed that which many believe to be miracles. In the Gospel of John Chapter 2, documented is what is considered the first of his miracles; the changing of water into wine. The event started when Jesus was attending a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Weddings, being huge events, were expected to have a large amounts of wine for the guests. Wine was considered a sort of delicacy, so when the wine store was depleted, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no more wine." Jesus reluctantly complies after first requesting that she not involve Him. There were six stone jars nearby and Jesus tells some servants to fill them with water. They do so and he tells them to "draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." The master tasted it and the water had turned to wine! He did not know where the wine had come from and was shocked because the wine tasted much better than the rest of the wine the wedding banquet had been provided. The master of the banquet spoke to the bridegroom, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."
The believability of the Bible, however, is also controversial and thus evidence of miracles provided in the Bible might not be affirmed by all as solid evidence. In next post, I will delve into modern "evidence" of miracles so we may see on what believers of miracles base their belief.
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Resources:
McGrew, Timothy. "Miracles." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2 July 2011. Web. 17 October 2011. http://plato.stanford.edu
"The Holy Bible: New International Version." Walk Thru Bible Ministries, 1992
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