Quote (HulaHoopChicka @ May 18 2012 04:57pm)
Despite the temptation of giving a simple answer, this is a harder question than meets the eye.
As well as being wholly divine Jesus was also wholly a human being, and a Jew. Therefore, he would have, on face value, adhered to the Jewish customs of the day, which included not eating the flesh of pigs (pork, ham, etc).
However, Jesus spoke on many occasions about the Jewish Law. On one occasion, where he was criticised by the Pharisees for not ritually washing his hands before a meal, he said:
"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
[Matthew 15: 10-12]
In this - the most Jewish of the gospels, Matthew surprisingly has Jesus saying that what they ate was of no consequence - but only what came out of their mouths (eg slander, gossip, hate, hurtful words etc) that was the problem.
Therefore in answer to the question 'Did jesus eat pork' the answer is that we simply do not know, as nowhere in the gospels does it state that he either ate pork or abstained. However, whilst being a Jew who would normally have abstained from pork, it is also quite likely that he did eat it, if he was to abide by his own teaching.
I think people must understand the reason why the Jewish people excommunicated Jesus. He decided to do his own teaching moving away from years of tradition and faith. Making his own faith, that had attracted more followers due to many reasons, mainly these days because it takes little requirement to practice(this refers to people who previously where agnostic). what boggles me or should i say an "Enigma" is that jesus did take alot of jewish beliefs with him in his teachings, but was keeping kosher one of them? ( for animals Split hooves and chew its cud) (fish its fins and scales). I feel hulahooperchick expressed that well with the quote hat "what they ate was of no consequence - but only what came out of their mouths" To my point Hence why he was kicked out!!!! A very important rule to being an orthodox Jew.
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