Remember when Jesus turned water into wine? He did it in John 2:1-11. It's both quantitatively and qualitatively described in the text:
I'm no wine connoisseur, so I went to www.wine.com to price check. They have a lot of bottles for less than $100, but if you search right, they do have a couple dozen options for $3000-4000 each. (FYI, the $4,300 bottle has a 4.7 out of 5 average rating.) At $3K per bottle, 5 bottles per gallon, and 120 gallons, that's $1,800,000, and 180 gallons would be $2,700,000. At $4K per bottle that'd be $2.4 - 3.6M. This doesn't count delivery and storage in an age when there was no 2 day Amazon Prime shipping and no air conditioning.
When Jesus miraculously made somewhere around a million dollars or more of wine, He was demonstrating a bunch of things. I'll just point out one for now, He was living out the 5th commandment (honor your father and mother) even though Mary was smart enough not to command Jesus to do anything (all she said to Jesus was "they have no more wine" and then to the servants, "do whatever he tells you" in verses 3-5). God told us through the prophets that we should trust Him, and we should put our money where our mouth is by giving Him our full tithe (Malachi 3:10). Jesus turning water into a million dollars or more worth of wine is a great (small) example of the power of God to live up to His promises.
- John 2:6-7 NIV - Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.
- John 2:9-11 NIV - Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, "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."
I'm no wine connoisseur, so I went to www.wine.com to price check. They have a lot of bottles for less than $100, but if you search right, they do have a couple dozen options for $3000-4000 each. (FYI, the $4,300 bottle has a 4.7 out of 5 average rating.) At $3K per bottle, 5 bottles per gallon, and 120 gallons, that's $1,800,000, and 180 gallons would be $2,700,000. At $4K per bottle that'd be $2.4 - 3.6M. This doesn't count delivery and storage in an age when there was no 2 day Amazon Prime shipping and no air conditioning.
When Jesus miraculously made somewhere around a million dollars or more of wine, He was demonstrating a bunch of things. I'll just point out one for now, He was living out the 5th commandment (honor your father and mother) even though Mary was smart enough not to command Jesus to do anything (all she said to Jesus was "they have no more wine" and then to the servants, "do whatever he tells you" in verses 3-5). God told us through the prophets that we should trust Him, and we should put our money where our mouth is by giving Him our full tithe (Malachi 3:10). Jesus turning water into a million dollars or more worth of wine is a great (small) example of the power of God to live up to His promises.