What would Jesus eat?

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  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Well I don't know. I'll have to do some research at home tonight but it was always my impression that people in the Bible lived to be older that people live now.
  • ohnohedidnt
    ohnohedidnt Posts: 1
    what would jesus eat?

    According to Scorsese, Mary Magdalene. :laugh:
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Well I don't know. I'll have to do some research at home tonight but it was always my impression that people in the Bible lived to be older that people live now.

    You're thinking of the OT people--before God "shortened their days."

    Average lifespan back in Jesus time was short--historical fact. I mean, some lived into their 50/60s but those were the ones with access to decent food, housing, what passed for medical care back then, etc.
  • obliged
    obliged Posts: 465
    Well I don't know. I'll have to do some research at home tonight but it was always my impression that people in the Bible lived to be older that people live now.

    You're thinking of the OT people--before God "shortened their days."

    Average lifespan back in Jesus time was short--historical fact. I mean, some lived into their 50/60s but those were the ones with access to decent food, housing, what passed for medical care back then, etc.

    thank you! finally someone mentioned it!
    medical care - the field of medicine has come a VERY LONG in the past hundred years (sanitation, antibiotics, etc.) let alone what it was like 2000 years ago

    but other than that i have no right to comment, i have't read the bible before
  • kleimola
    kleimola Posts: 210 Member

    I am in MD

    Cool! I serve in VA. I might know your pastor--maybe. I went to seminary with a lot of people serving or going to serve in MD. Sent me a private message and tell my your pastor's name or post it here--I'm curious to see if I know them.

    How do I privately send you a message?
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Just click on my profile name next to my posts and then click "send message"
  • arrestaad
    arrestaad Posts: 11
    Scripture, Scripture, Scripture,,,Where in Scripture does it actually say what was on the menu at the Passover??????
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Scripture, Scripture, Scripture,,,Where in Scripture does it actually say what was on the menu at the Passover??????

    Try Exodus--where God tells them what to eat at Passover. Jesus was an observant Jew and would have observed Passover as it was directed by God.

    You have to realize that Scripture is limited in discovering what traditions and daily habits where back then. Scripture's goal is not to teach anthropology but the way to God. For anthropological facts, we must go often go outside Scripture.
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Well I don't know. I'll have to do some research at home tonight but it was always my impression that people in the Bible lived to be older that people live now.

    You're thinking of the OT people--before God "shortened their days."

    Average lifespan back in Jesus time was short--historical fact. I mean, some lived into their 50/60s but those were the ones with access to decent food, housing, what passed for medical care back then, etc.

    thank you! finally someone mentioned it!
    medical care - the field of medicine has come a VERY LONG in the past hundred years (sanitation, antibiotics, etc.) let alone what it was like 2000 years ago

    but other than that i have no right to comment, i have't read the bible before

    There's a number of other factors - VERY young women were wed. Often not being able to survive child birth, both infant and mother mortality rates were high. Also, there was no refridgeration, so any food had to be preserved, or left to rot. In fact the reason the spice trade was so important (as well as salt) was because spices covered the flavor of rotten meat. This was before any concept of nutrition, so things like scurvy, edemas, and other nutritional issues were common.

    We have effectively doubled the human lifespan since then.
  • arrestaad
    arrestaad Posts: 11
    I was just curious where in the word you found the actual food that was eaten at our Lords table at Passover. As with the book I begin this discussion with(What would Jesus eat), it concludes it's evidence by using cultural findings and biblical statements, it's not a guide, but more of a history and education on what they ate( fruits, nuts, figs, etc) and how they used different herbs and what type of herbs they used. . I've always been one that appreciates when people quote the word, they also reference to where in the word they are quoting. Something about those Wolves in Sheeps clothing......:smile: Pastor to Pastor that is.......:wink:
    I just love all the disscusion here about Jesus!!
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    I was just curious where in the word you found the actual food that was eaten at our Lords table at Passover. As with the book I begin this discussion with(What would Jesus eat), it concludes it's evidence by using cultural findings and biblical statements, it's not a guide, but more of a history and education on what they ate( fruits, nuts, figs, etc) and how they used different herbs and what type of herbs they used. . I've always been one that appreciates when people quote the word, they also reference to where in the word they are quoting. Something about those Wolves in Sheeps clothing......:smile: Pastor to Pastor that is.......:wink:
    I just love all the disscusion here about Jesus!!

    We can continue it via private messages if you wish--I'm not sure I wish to continue a purely scriptural based conversation on the post.
  • arrestaad
    arrestaad Posts: 11
    I was just curious where in the word you found the actual food that was eaten at our Lords table at Passover. As with the book I begin this discussion with(What would Jesus eat), it concludes it's evidence by using cultural findings and biblical statements, it's not a guide, but more of a history and education on what they ate( fruits, nuts, figs, etc) and how they used different herbs and what type of herbs they used. . I've always been one that appreciates when people quote the word, they also reference to where in the word they are quoting. Something about those Wolves in Sheeps clothing......:smile: Pastor to Pastor that is.......:wink:
    I just love all the disscusion here about Jesus!!

    We can continue it via private messages if you wish--I'm not sure I wish to continue a purely scriptural based conversation on the post.
  • arrestaad
    arrestaad Posts: 11
    We can continue "IT?" What would be "IT", Sister?? A scriptural based conversation was not what I was looking for when I asked, "If anyone had read the book, WHAT WOULD JESUS EAT." I do appreciate your passion to share what you have read in other books. Learning is a life long achievment. Keep pressing in to Jesus!:smile:
  • FitJoani
    FitJoani Posts: 2,173 Member
    I just got this book. I love it already it is voted the healthiest diet I just read(meaning a mediterrain diet)
  • GinaB30
    GinaB30 Posts: 725 Member
    I think that the bible speaks on *NOT* eating certain animals....such as scavengers of the air (certain birds, crow, gulls, etc the obvious ones) and scavengers of the sea like crab, lobsters, etc for health reasons.
    I think it also mentions not to eat things with *paws*....ew...not that I could!
    Any Scavengers weren't *healthy* basically......
    I *love* chicken, beef, but try to limit things like pork (if I eat it at all anymore- blech) and I'm not one for seafood anyway (besides fresh fish such as haddock)...
    But I bet that book makes some good sense!
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