Does the Bible say that Jesus did eat meat?

Answer 1

yes it does. but he was wrong as God forbids the eating of pork and no man is above him...

whoever said that the New Testament says that you can eat pork can you please tell me in what book/chapter/verse you found this on.

Another Answer:

The New Testament doesn't contain the statement, "You can eat pork." However, it does teach that all distinctions between "clean" and "unclean" foods were done away with. Some pertinent references:

Mark 7:18, 19 - So He [Jesus] said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"

Also see the account of Peter's vision in Acts 10:9-16, noting what he was told in verse 15: "What God has cleansed you must not call common."

And in 1 Timothy 4:1-3, Paul refers to the requirement to "abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth" as a "doctrine of demons," then writes in verse 4 and 5: For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Another View:

In Acts 10 (the most common scripture used as an excuse to eat pork) Peter travels to meet Cornelius. On his way he stops on a housetop to pray. He became very hungry and would have eaten but fell into a trance. He sees a vision of all sorts of animals and wild beasts creepy crawlies, etc. God tells him "Rise, Peter, kill, and eat" Peter says he has never eaten anything common or unclean. God basically gives permission to eat food of the gentiles "common". (What God has cleansed, that call not thou common) God never made reference in this passage to Peter's statement of unclean (which would be pigs and other animals with split hooves)... He never said He blessed unclean. He blessed common. Also, it goes on around verse 28 to say that it was unlawful for a Jew to keep company or come unto one of another nation and the vision was God's way of showing Peter that he should not call any man common or unclean. It was in reference to Peter being a Jew and his travels and company in the land of the gentiles. The vision had absolutely nothing to do with pork. Sorry to disappoint.

Answer 2

As a sinless man and an observant Jew, Jesus would have obeyed the Law in Exodus 12 to keep the Passover which required eating lamb. Most likely He ate just as every other Jew (dietary laws - no pork or shellfish, etc) did during His entire lifetime like fish too:

Luke 22:14-15New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus Institutes the Lord's Supper14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;Luke_24:42-43">Luke 24:42-43New King James Version (NKJV)

42 So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43 And He took it and ate in their presence.