{"id":4064,"date":"2024-05-25T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/bananas-in-bible-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:13:03","slug":"bananas-in-bible-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/bananas-in-bible-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u9999\u8549\u4e0d\u5728\u5723\u7ecf\u91cc\u2014\u2014\u8fd9\u503c\u5f97\u4e86\u89e3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Bananas are not in the Bible. Not once, in any translation working honestly from the original languages \u2014 and not because the writers had better things to mention. The banana is a plant of tropical Asia. It had not reached the eastern Mediterranean when Scripture was written, and the people who wrote it had never seen one. Are bananas mentioned in the Bible? No. The fruit of Scripture belongs to a specific and rather small landscape: the fig, the olive,\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/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>Bananas appear in no Bible translation working from the original languages. The fruit is Asian, and Scripture belongs to a small country with its own trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3234,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/elephant-biblical-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":4064,"position":0},"title":"Elephants Are Not in the Bible \u2014 but Their Ivory Is","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Elephants are never named in the Bible, but ivory is \u2014 always as the furniture of people comfortable enough to stop noticing a ruin.","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cBible Mysteries\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Bible Mysteries","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/bible-mysteries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Daniel in the lions' den, in the style of Fra Angelico","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00100.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00100.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00100.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00100.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3168,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/orange-symbolism-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":4064,"position":1},"title":"Orange Is Not in the Bible \u2014 Neither the Colour Nor the Fruit","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Orange is not in the Bible \u2014 neither the colour nor the fruit. 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