What did Jesus eat?
Few Bible passages actually show Jesus eating. Comb your memory and you might come up with Luke 24:42, where the post-resurrection Jesus shows his disciples he’s not a ghost by eating broiled fish and honeycomb. Other passages infer that Jesus either ate or would have permitted eating certain foods: bread and wine at the Lord’s Supper; wine at the wedding at Cana; bread and fish at the feedings of the multitudes. But Colbert goes further with his inferences. Because Jesus was a Jew, Colbert says, he would have followed Old Testament dietary laws — for instance, laws governing clean and unclean animals and fish. These laws were specific: cattle, sheep and goats were allowed; hogs were not. Fish with fins and scales were allowed; catfish, crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp), mollusks (clams, mussels) and others were not. As Colbert says, Jesus would not have eaten an Easter ham. Colbert also assesses Jesus’ culture and decides what he would have eaten based on what was available. Fish
And how? Did he super-size it in his SUV on the way to a megachurch? The answer, based on extensive biblical and historical research, may come as a surprise to some: No, he did not. In fact, there isn’t a single mention of fast food, or even a drive-thru, anywhere in the New Testament. It’s more likely that Jesus, a peasant who lived in the Mediterranean at a time when food was scarce, often went hungry, and had to make do on locusts and crickets. Even so, the Lord ate a healthier diet than most Americans do. Just ask Don Colbert, a Florida doctor and author of What Would Jesus Eat?: The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great, and Living Longer (Thomas Nelson, 2002. A pbk edition, Amazon says, releases in July). Intended for people who want to “lose weight, prevent disease, eat more balanced meals, attain vibrant health, or adopt a diet designed with biblical authority,” the book comes complete with recipes. “If you truly want to follow Jesus in every area of your life,” Colbe
Jesus was a man afterall, in the flesh, he was man…. So, he ate what everyone around him ate…. Food….. Because the fellows he chose to lead were fishermen, he said to them, “I will make you fishers of men”….. So, they ate fish alot…. that’s what they did by profession….. Bread was a staple for the diet…. I believe he drank wine also… Not in excess as it was sinful a nature for man to drink till he stumbled…… They ate lamb….. and whatever they had….. They did not eat much meat because something had to die to be eaten… it was considered a delicacy…… fit for feasting….. So here is a list of the day: Dairy, bread, vegetables, fruit, meat – fish-fowl-birds (was of the dietary laws), insects (locusts, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers) wine, milk, vinegar, salt (was the wealth of a man in those days)….. there was no sugar there in those days…..
