Many stories from the Holy Bible are read and recollected all
over. There's one very beautiful parable in Bible (John 2:1-11) that goes like-
"When Jesus reached to the sea shore, sea turned into red
wine."
Many writers and critics round the globe have written their views
relating this line. There are numerous books written to explain this sweet,
simple parable. Probably, there is no any other parable, in the Holy Bible
itself, as imagery and concise yet complete and aesthetically beautiful as this
one. As a matter of fact, in Vatican City- the landmark epitome to
Christianity, one whole section of library has been dedicated to store books
written round the globe that describe this parable; to elaborate and accredit
variety of meanings to this line.
Once long ago, a teacher in Britain shared this very parable to
her pupils of early primary class, probably grade two or three, and asked them
to write something- anything that strikes their mind after listening this line.
Amongst the class, a baby boy sat down, scribbled something very quickly onto
papers and handed it to his teacher, within minutes.
Before disclosing what was written, let me share you a piece of
information. If you don't know, in English language/literature, 'sea' is a
feminine gender whereas 'ocean' is masculine. Most languages- both written and
spoken possess such variation for enrichment of expressions.
Back to the point.
The boy handed back his paper to the teacher and she found that
her student had written a single-line response to the single-line parable. He'd
written-
"The sea saw her master and blushed."
Till today, the world believes, no other line has been written- so
simple yet so powerful that describes the parable aforementioned.
And
the 12 year old boy who wrote it first hand, the English literary world
commemorates now as one of the greatest poet Lord Byron for masterpieces like
"Promethus" and "She Walks in Beauty". He passed away at a
tender age of 36 on 19th April, 1824, some two hundred years before
today.
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P.S: Its April 23rd today, #WorldBookDay- Keep reading, writing and sharing!
Biblical reference is wrong, in the given verse, the event is a marriage where wine was finished and Jesus turned the ordinary water into wine. There is no seashore here and is disconnected story. Further the child Byron writing his own interpretation does not give any spiritual meaning to this miracle of Lord Jesus. Story is just being circulated on and on.
ReplyDeletePurpose of the story is not about miracles, but towards Poet Byron that children who are creative at young age can do much more in future. The way Byron at young age wrote reply to a question by teacher...
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