Was Jesus vegetarian?

What do you think? Some people claim that Jesus was a vegetarian. But consider:

Jesus' teaching and conduct:

Luke 5:1-10 - The event that specifically motivated the apostles to follow Jesus was a miracle in which He enabled them to make a huge catch of fish (vv 4-9). If catching fish is immoral, why did Jesus instruct and enable them to do it, especially when they had not been able to catch anything previously?



Luke 11:11-13 - Jesus said a father gives good gifts to his children, including bread, fish, and eggs. The parallel to the bread shows that the children would eat the fish and eggs (what other use would they be?). Jesus here justifies eating fish and eggs, and He says that those who provide these for food are doing good, not evil! Note that, not only is eating fish good, so also is eating eggs.



Mark 7:18,19 - Jesus taught that a man is not defiled (i.e., does not sin - vv 20-23) because of the foods he eats. In saying this, he purified all foods - i.e., He removed the Old Testament prohibitions against eating unclean animals. So whereas the Old Testament justified much eating of meat, the New Testament allows even more than did the Old Testament!



Mark 6:35-44; 8:1-9 - Jesus fed the 5000 and later the 4000 by feeding them bread and fish (note 6:41; 8:7). [John 6:9,11]



Matthew 22:4 - Jesus told a parable of a king who killed oxen and fatted cattle for a wedding feast. Here eating meat is a symbol of partaking of the blessings of God's kingdom. Would God use something immoral to symbolize the blessings of the kingdom?



Luke 15:23,27 - When the prodigal son returned, the father had the servants rejoice by killing and eating the fatted calf. This illustrates God's joy when people repent of sin.



Mark 14:12,18 - Jesus ate the Passover with His disciples. We earlier learned that the Passover involved killing and eating a lamb. Therefore, Jesus ate meat. Did Jesus do something immoral?



Luke 24:36-43 - After His resurrection (and after the Old Law had been removed), Jesus ate fish to prove to His disciples that He really had been raised from the dead.



John 21:3,6,8-13 - After His resurrection the apostles again went fishing. Jesus repeated the miracle of providing the apostles with fish to catch. This time He also cooked fish and gave fish to them to eat.



Note that, in many of these cases Jesus ate fish or provided fish for others to eat. But in some of them He ate or approved of eating "red meat": calves, and lamb.Was Jesus vegetarian?
Excellent research. It's obvious that Jesus was not a vegetarian. Therefore, those who believe in Jesus would be wise to follow his example and not be vegetarian. We already have plenty of empirical evidence that people do not thrive on a vegetarian diet.



Thanks.
With all your examples my answer may seem very inarticulate, but the last supper was a passover meal, and the traditional passover meal included unleavened bread, wine, and lamb. So if he ate lamb then I would say no he wasn't vegetarian.Was Jesus vegetarian?
The real question is does it matter if Jesus was a vegetarian.



Scripture teaches not to judge about food, take a look at say Romans 14.



There is no need to make a point of division where there is no need to be.Was Jesus vegetarian?
I neither know nor care.



Why would this be of interest? Did you really expect veg*ns to rush in claiming Jesus as a vegetarian?



Don't know if you realise this - not everyone is a Christian or even a believer.
Yes he was people believe jesus ate meat so they all started eating that's a shame it sure is written in the bible.
Thou shalt not kill
no jesus ate meat, b/c he knew meat was a gift from god
Jesus was a practicing JEW. Followed Jewish Dietary Laws.

I think the idea he was a Vegan or Veggie comes from the fact GOD's people were such before the flood. Moses was given leave(permission) to eat animals flesh when there was no longer any plants/fruit for him %26amp; his family to eat. Many times in the Bible the matter of eating Veggie(Pulses) as a healthier way is stated. Many of the Prophets ate this way, with the thought to be cleaner, purer.

In the Garden of Eden there was no killing of animals or BBQ pits.. it was a VEGAN way of life. Being such I truly feel that my body was made to THRIVE of a plant based diet. Certainly all the nasty stuff in foods today are not good for us. Yes we can survive eating differently but with great cost to most of us. Increased Cancers, Auto Immune Diseases, Heart Disease.



I was at a interesting Paul Nison (Raw Foodie) talk last year: Food For Thought, As a follower of Christ who was a devout practicing Jew(Rabbi) are we not also Jews welcomed into the tribe though him?

http://www.paulnison.com/
There's no way of knowing for certain. The New Testament was actually written many years after Jesus' death.



Probably not, because vegetarianism was not a typical thing in that area at that time.



However, there was a Jewish/Christian group called the Essenes that practiced vegetarianism some years later. They claimed Jesus was of their group.
i dont really think jesus was vegeterian . but we havent really got enouth evidence to say yes or no .! in this stage anything can be possible

and to be honest what do we really know ? the only person that will know if jesus was/is a vegeterian is Jesus ...

im a catholic , but i do question my religion .

How do we even know for sure jesus made miracles .?

sure its been written ina book by a disaple

but Hello .!

this might not be even true ..

it could of been changed...