{"id":31681,"date":"2025-05-02T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=31681"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:34:04","slug":"sugar-bible-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/sugar-bible-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Non c'\u00e8 zucchero nella Bibbia, ma c'\u00e8 un avvertimento riguardo al miele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>There is no sugar in the Bible. Sugar cane had not reached the ancient Near East in any form the writers would have recognised, and no Hebrew or Greek word in Scripture means it. What the Bible has instead is honey, and it has a great deal of it \u2014 including one warning that most people have never read. Why sugar is absent Sugar cane was cultivated in India and reached the Mediterranean world only centuries after the New Testament\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\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/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>There is no sugar in the Bible. Honey is its sweetness, and Proverbs carries the one warning about a good thing taken to excess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[224],"class_list":["post-31681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-biblical-dream-interpretation"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114647,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/arian-church-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":31681,"position":0},"title":"Is There an Arian Church Today? What the Record Shows","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We found no church today calling itself Arian that anyone outside it has recorded. 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