And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
22.
It seems unlikely that a mechanical winepress was actually meant by any of the various biblical texts, although mechanisms are described by Roman authors, the detailed operation of which remains unclear.
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"The ancient village is surrounded by associated features, including cist graves, rock-cut tombs, a mausoleum, quarries, agricultural terraces and installations, a winepress and an olive press.
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God said that God had trodden the winepress in anger alone, and trampled in fury, for the day of vengeance was in God s heart, and God s year of redemption had come.
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Another biblical theme linked to the winepress references by commentators was the allegory of the " Vineyard of God " or " True Vine ", found in, and, understood as a metaphor for the Church.
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"' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
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"' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
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"' Christ in the winepress "'or "'the mystical winepress "'is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Christ himself becomes the grapes in the press.
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:: : : It might have had biblical inspiration ( from " the great winepress of the wrath of God " ), but the precise expression " the grapes of wrath " seems to have been invented by Julia Ward Howe.
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Although several of the biblical passages the image draws upon emphasize juice-stained clothing and " treading " by foot, by using a mechanical winepress the need for workers to tread the grapes with their feet in an open vat was removed.
