Jesus Christ was drinking wine

^{Luke 7:33} For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, ^h and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ ³⁴ The ^•Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ^i[1]

What is “wine” means in Luke 7:33

3631.  οἶνος ŏinŏs, oy´-nos; a prim.word (or perh. of Heb. or. [3196]); “wine” (lit.or fig.):—wine.^[2]

3196.  יַיִןyayin, yah´-yin; from an unused root mean. to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by impl. intoxication:—banqueting, wine, wine [-bibber].^[3]

οἶνος (oinos), wine. Cognate words: οἰνοπότης, οἰνοφλυγία, πάροινος. Heb. equiv. fr. LXX: יַ֫יִן (115×), תִּירוֹשׁ (35×);  + 10 more. Aram. equiv. fr. LXX: חֲמַר(2x)

6.197 (28) wine Mt 27:34; Lk 1:15; 7:33; 10:34; John 2:3 (2), 9, 10 (2); 4:46; Ro 14:21; Eph 5:18; 1 Ti 3:8; 5:23; Tt 2:3; Rev 6:6; 14:8, 10; 16:19; 17:2; 18:3, 13; 19:15; Did 13.6; Herm, M X, iii, 3; Herm, M XI, 15; Herm, M XII, v, 3 (2)

6.198 (10) wine Mt 9:17 (3); Mk 2:22 (4); Lk 5:37 (2), 38

6.204 (1) wine Mk 15:23^[4]

3885 οἶνος(oinos), ου(ou), ὁ(ho): n.masc.; ≡ DBLHebr3516; Str 3631; TDNT 5.162—1. LN 6.197 wine, naturally fermented juice of grapes (Jn 2:3; Eph 5:18; 1Ti 3:8; Tit 2:3); 2. LN6.198 οἶνος νέος (oinos neos), new wine, newly pressed juice of grape, possibly just beginning the fermentation process (Mt 9:17; Mk 2:22; Lk 5:37, 38+); 3. LN6.204 myrrhed wine (Mk 15:23+) see 5046^[5]

ΟΙΝ̓͂ΟΣ, ὁ, Lat. vinum, wine, Hom., etc.; παρʼ οἴνῳ over ones wine,Lat.inter pocula, Soph.; οἶνοσἐκ κριθῶν barley-wine, a kind of beer, Hdt.^[6]

QUESTION—What is meant by Jesus eating and drinking?

In contrast with John, Jesus ate and drank like ordinary people [Arn, TNTC]. In connection with the previous verse, it is implied that Jesus ate bread and drank wine like other men [Lns, TG, TH]. It refers to a way of life and refers to Jesus’ practice of entering into the social life in the towns and even attending banquets with sinners [Su]. He had no ascetic restraints such as John’s [AB]. Jesus behaved as though there was always something to celebrate [WBC].^[7]

 In distinction from the Baptist Jesus drank wine, as may be seen from Mt. 11:19; Lk. 7:34 (Jesus as οἰνοπότης). According to Mk. 2:18–22 and par. Jesus justified His conduct on the ground that the time when the bridegroom is present is one of festivity. Jesus is more than a Nazirite; hence the corresponding OT regulations do not apply to Him. He explains this in the parable of the new wine and the old skins, Mk. 2:22 and par.The new which he brings cannot be mixed with the old. Lk. 5:39 added the difficult saying: καὶ οὐδεὶς πιὼν παλαιὸν θέλει νέον· λέγει γάρ· ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστός ἐστιν.^[8]

John was too much of an ascetic, and Jesus was too much of a libertine (in the Pharisees’ definition of the term). Neither extreme could make the religious leaders happy.^[9] When Jesus came, they said, “He’s too smooth! He parties, you know. And goes around with sinners.”^[10]Jesus mingled with the people and preached a gracious message of salvation, and they said, “He’s a glutton, a winebibber, and a friend of publicans and sinners!”^[11] 7:34 The accusation that Jesus was a glutton and drunkard came from the Jewish authorities. Though He undoubtedly mixed with the less-than-respectable, there is no indication that the charges of gluttony and drunkenness were anything more than caricature.^[12]Jesus was eating and drinkingJesus did not fast like the disciples of John (see 5:33), and He was not under a Nazirite vow like John was. Furthermore, He frequently dined with tax collectors and sinners—those whom He came to save (see 5:27–32).^[13]The reproach belonged to the general way of our Lord’s way of living, consorting as he did with men and women in the common everyday lite of man, sharing in their joys as in their sorrows, in their festivity as in their mourning. But the words specially refer to his taking part in such scenes as the feast in the house of Matthew the publican.^[14]The rejection of the gospel message is not due to the form of its presentation. John preached the gospel while living an ascetic life-style (Luke 5:33a). Jesus preached the gospel in the joy of the kingdom’s arrival, but both were rejected (5:33b–35). Neither satisfied the wishes of this generation because their message was the same. Both preached a message of repentance (cf. 3:3, 8 and 5:32; 13:3, 5), and both offered salvation to the outcasts (cf. 3:12–14 with 4:18; 5:27–32; 7:22).^[15]Besides, while Christ accommodated himself to the usages of ordinary life, he maintained a sobriety truly divine, and did not encourage the excesses of others by his dissimulation or by his example.^[16] Paul does not use the term much. In R. 14:21 he recommends total abstinence from flesh and wine should the weaker brother be upset about eating and drinking.^21[17]A moderate use of wine can be beneficial to health, 1 Tm. 5:23;^[18]

Conclusion

Jesus reached out to a generation who said of John the Baptist, “He has a demon,”and who said of Jesus, he “is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and ‘sinners’ ” (7:33–34). They rejected the message of the one who was to prepare the way for the Messiah, and they did not receive the one who came to be a redemptive friend of sinners, like they were. But His heart was still moved with compassion toward them. He still healed and preached the good news to a generation of needy people.^[19]