{"id":9103,"date":"2024-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2026-09-19T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T22:10:52","slug":"grapefruit-spiritual-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/grapefruit-spiritual-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Il pompelmo non \u00e8 nella Bibbia \u2014 \u00e8 stato inventato alle Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Grapefruit is not in the Bible, and it could not be. It did not exist until the eighteenth century, and it came into being in Barbados. Where grapefruit actually comes from It is a hybrid \u2014 a cross between the sweet orange and the pomelo \u2014 which arose in the Caribbean and was first described in the eighteenth century. The name comes from the way the fruit hangs in clusters, like grapes. Citrus in general reached the Mediterranean late. The\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>Grapefruit is not in the Bible. It is an eighteenth-century hybrid that came into being in Barbados.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3168,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/orange-symbolism-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":9103,"position":0},"title":"Orange Is Not in the Bible \u2014 Neither the Colour Nor the Fruit","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Orange is not in the Bible \u2014 neither the colour nor the fruit. 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