water into wine
Biblical liquid transformation
Water into wine refers to the biblical miracle in which Jesus transformed water into wine at a wedding in Cana—his first recorded miracle.
The phrase now serves as shorthand for any seemingly impossible transformation, especially turning something common or worthless into something valuable: She has a gift for turning water into wine with the simplest ingredients.
Often used with skepticism: No amount of editing can turn this draft into wine.
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- Son of GodChrist's divine designation
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- wedding feastCelebratory meal after matrimony
feast · jars · transformation · gospel · John · New Testament · disciples · sign · turning point · abundance · celebration · stone · servants · banquet · divine · first · bridegroom · master of ceremonies
- biblical miraclesraising Lazarus, calming the storm, loaves and fishes, Lazarus, miraculous catch
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- JohannineGospel of John, bread of life, good shepherd, light of the world, Lamb of God
- spiritual experiencesreligious experience, mystical union, divine vision, divine encounter, spiritual vision
water into winenatural fermentation
Yeast-free intentional culturing
brewing · winemaking · natural process · yeast fermentation · aging
water into winepearls before swine
Offering value to those incapable of appreciating it
water, wine, waters, watered, watering, watery, waterless, wines, wined