[fwdude]

John the Baptist ate insects, but there is no indication that Jesus ever did. He ate fish and lamb.

Jesus is my model.

[Ezekiel]

He ate fish and lamb.

Not to mention the freezer full of pork that he raised himself.

Crickets... the sound of silence!

[Tell It Right]

There are some who believe, though no one has been able to show me where this thought came from, that "locusts" in the 1st century AD was a slang term for nectarines. Some say the Greek word "akrides" in Matthew 3:4 (saying John ate locusts and wild honey) has a dual meaning of being either locusts or different kinds of trees. I guess that's possible.

But Leviticus 11:22 does say locusts are a "clean" food. LOL And there's no denying the context. It's about locusts, even referring to them as crop destroying bug, as well as saying eating crickets and grasshoppers is "clean". LOL So if John the Baptist was a devout Jew (to the point of taking the Nazarite vow), I'd put money on him being a bug eater.

[D Rider]

Grasshoppers, locusts and crickets are kosher. Those are what John the Baptist ate.