'Food' in the Bible

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple complex, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude,

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

So the Twelve called the disciples together and said, “It is not appropriate for us to neglect [teaching] the word of God in order to serve tables and manage the distribution of food.

Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

And for three days he was not able to see, and he took no food or drink.

And after taking some food, he regained his strength.Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some days.

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --

He had been very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. Together they presented themselves before him. They won over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, and through him they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.Farewell.

He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God.

and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order

Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.

When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.

Therefore I urge you to take some food. For this has to do with your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

They all became encouraged and took food themselves.

When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.