{"id":22332,"date":"2024-12-16T04:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T04:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=22332"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:14:12","slug":"are-tomatoes-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/are-tomatoes-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Kommen Tomaten in der Bibel vor? Nein, sie stammen aus Amerika"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No, tomatoes are not in the Bible. The tomato comes from the Americas. Its wild relatives grow along the coast from Ecuador to northern Chile, and a Spanish friar recorded about 1577 that the Aztecs of Mexico grew many kinds. It reached Europe only in the sixteenth century, long after the last book of Scripture was written. Still, the first European to describe a tomato reached for a plant the Bible knows well. In 1544 the Italian physician Pietro Andrea\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. The tomato comes from the Americas and reached Europe in the 1500s. Its Bible cousin is the mandrake, and Scripture names cucumbers, leeks and lentils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-22332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3384,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/leah-biblical-significance\/","url_meta":{"origin":22332,"position":0},"title":"Leah in the Bible: Jacob&#8217;s First Wife, and What Her Name Means","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Leah was Jacob's first wife, mother of Levi and Judah. 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