Does well drunk mean a guy who is alcoholically intoxicated?
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Most English translation of John 2:10 say that people have drunk adequately, have well drunk, have had too much to drink and so on.
However, on SE Biblical Hermeneutics some users suggest that the real meaning is intoxicated by alcohol.
Neither English, nor Greek is my native language, so I have a hard time understanding why the Bible translations do not translate that correctly. One possible explanation could be that have drunk adequately; have well drunk, and have too much to drink mean ‘intoxicated’. It is unlikely.
But I would like to ask English Stack Exchange to make sure.
Best Answer
This is some great commentary on understanding this verse:
So yes, in John 2:10 where it states:
this is referring to being intoxicated. It is translated this way because of the word
methyō
used in the original Greek, translates in English tohave well drunk
ordrink well
.In the context that this Greek word is being used it is appropriate to use this English translation instead of simply "drunken." This may be due to the lightheartedness of the verse.
As stated in the above commentary link: