Subject: Hank - Diet ??? |
Bible Note: Hello Merv, 1) Paul said Peter was living like a Gentile. That means eating unclean food. If it doesn't mean that, then Paul would have accused Peter of living like a Jew in a Gentile house. No harm, no foul. Nothing would have been said. 2) Look at the OT references to unclean foods (Lev 11, etc.). Why were they unclean? Because God declared it so. Dirty hands had nothing to do with it. Jesus is NOT talking about "being defiled by what goes into the mouth." He explicitly states the opposite. 3) Thank you for the clarification. The phrase "thus purifying all foods" does not refer to the stomach but rather to Jesus declaration. This phrase is what NASB has as "thus he declared all foods clean." I don't think we are progressing, because you have not understood me. Steve |