Leviticus 26:29 – Eating the Flesh of Sons and Daughters
“You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.”
Deuteronomy 28:53-57 – Eating the Afterbirth
“Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children. For he will have nothing else to eat during the siege and hardship that your enemy will inflict on all your towns. The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.”
Jeremiah 19:9 – Eating the Flesh of Their Sons and Daughters
“I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.”
Lamentations 2:20 – Cannibalism During the Siege
“Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for?”
Lamentations 4:10 – Starving Mothers Eat Their Children
“The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.”
Ezekiel 5:10 – Cannibalism During Famine and Sieges
“Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.”
Ezekiel 5:10 – Cannibalism in Time of Siege
“Parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.”
Ezekiel 5:10 – Cannibalism as Punishment
“Therefore, because of you the fathers will eat their children, and the children will eat their fathers.”
Zephaniah 1:9 – Punishment for Cannibalism
“On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.”
2 Kings 6:28-29 – Women Eating Their Children During a Siege
“Then he asked her, ‘What’s the matter?'” She answered, ‘This woman said to me, “Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.” So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, “Give up your son so we may eat him,” but she had hidden him.'”
Isaiah 49:26 – Cannibals Drinking the Blood of Their Captives
“I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Isaiah 49:26 – Cannibals Drinking Blood and Eating Flesh
“Those who oppress you will come to nothing. Those who plunder you will be destroyed. I will make them eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood as with wine.”
Zephaniah 3:8 – God’s Wrath on the Nations
“Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, for the day I will stand up to testify. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them—all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.”
Lamentations 2:3 – Consuming Jacob’s Dwelling
“In fierce anger he has cut off every horn of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.”
Isaiah 42:25 – God Angry and Pouring Out Fury
“So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.”
Isaiah 1:31 – The Enemies of God Consumed
“The Mighty One will devour them despite their strength; he will set fire to them as they sit in their fortresses.”
Luke 7:34 – Jesus Being Accused of being a Glutton and Drunkard
“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'”
Mark 9:48 – Worm Does Not Die for the Unquenchable Fire
“where ‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.'”
Matthew 3:4 – John the Baptist Eating Locusts and Wild Honey
“John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.”
John 6:53-58 – Eating the Flesh of Jesus
“Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.'”
John 6:60 – Disciples Dispute Over Eating Jesus’ Flesh
“On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'”
John 6:63 – Spirit Gives Life, Flesh Counts for Nothing
“The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.”
John 4:32-34 – Spiritual Food More Important Than Physical
“But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’ Then his disciples said to each other, ‘Could someone have brought him food?’ ‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’
Matthew 26:26-28 – This is My Body, This is My Blood
“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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1 Corinthians 10:16 – Communion with the Body and Blood
“Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?”
1 Corinthians 11:23-27 – Instructions for the Lord’s Supper
“For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.”
Hebrews 13:10-12 – Eating the Spiritual Food
“We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.”
Acts 2:42 – Breaking of Bread and Fellowship
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
Acts 20:7-12 – Breaking Bread on the First Day of the Week
“On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. ‘Don’t be alarmed,’ he said. ‘He’s alive!’ Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.”
Acts 2:46-47 – Breaking of Bread and Praise
“Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
Acts 27:33-36 – Giving Thanks to God for Food
“Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. ‘For the last fourteen days,’ he said, ‘you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything. Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.’ After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves.”
Exodus 16:16-18 – Gathering Manna
“This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’ The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.”
Matthew 14:19-21 – Jesus Feeding the Five Thousand
“And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.”
Matthew 15:36-38 – Jesus Feeding the Four Thousand
“Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people. They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and children.”
Matthew 26:20-29 – The Last Supper
“When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, ‘Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.’ They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, ‘Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?’ Jesus replied, ‘The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.’ Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, ‘Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?’ Jesus answered, ‘You have said so.'”
Matthew 26:26-30 – Institution of the Lord’s Supper
“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body’. Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.’ When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
Mark 12:41-44 – Widow’s Offering
“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.'”
1 Timothy 4:1-5 – False Teachers Forbidding Marriage and Certain Foods
“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.”