Verb esthiō (to eat) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

6: 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (esthiō) or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
6: 31Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat (esthiō)?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'
9: 11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat (esthiō) with tax collectors and sinners?"
11: 18For John came neither eating (esthiō) nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon';
11: 19the Son of Man came eating (esthiō) and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
12: 1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat (esthiō).
12: 4He entered the house of God and ate (esthiō) the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat (esthiō), but only for the priests.
14: 16Jesus said to them, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat (esthiō)."
14: 20And all ate (esthiō) and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
14: 21And those who ate (esthiō) were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
15: 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat (esthiō)."
15: 20These are what defile a person, but to eat (esthiō) with unwashed hands does not defile."
15: 27She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat (esthiō) the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
15: 32Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat (esthiō); and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."
15: 37And all of them ate (esthiō) and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
15: 38Those who had eaten (esthiō) were four thousand men, besides women and children.
24: 49and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats (esthiō) and drinks with drunkards,
25: 35for I was hungry and you gave me to eat (esthiō), I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
25: 42for I was hungry and you gave me to eat (esthiō), I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
26: 17On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat (esthiō) the Passover?"
26: 21and while they were eating (esthiō), he said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."
26: 26While they were eating (esthiō), Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat (esthiō); this is my body."

Mark

1: 6Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate (esthiō) locusts and wild honey.
2: 16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating (esthiō) with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat (esthiō) with tax collectors and sinners?"
2: 26He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate (esthiō) the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat (esthiō), and he gave some to his companions."
3: 20and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat (esthiō).
5: 43He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat (esthiō).
6: 31He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat (esthiō).
6: 36send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat (esthiō)."
6: 37But he answered them, "You give them something to eat (esthiō)." They said to him, "Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat (esthiō)?"
6: 42And all ate (esthiō) and were filled;
6: 44Those who had eaten (esthiō) the loaves numbered five thousand men.
7: 2they noticed that some of his disciples were eating (esthiō) with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.
7: 3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat (esthiō) unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders;
7: 4and they do not eat (esthiō) anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.)
7: 5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat (esthiō) with defiled hands?"
7: 28But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat (esthiō) the children's crumbs."
8: 1In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat (esthiō), he called his disciples and said to them,
8: 2"I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat (esthiō).
8: 8They ate (esthiō) and were filled; and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
11: 14He said to it, "May no one ever eat (esthiō) fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.
14: 12On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat (esthiō) the Passover?"
14: 14and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat (esthiō) the Passover with my disciples?'
14: 18And when they had taken their places and were eating (esthiō), Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating (esthiō) with me."
14: 22While they were eating (esthiō), he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

Luke

4: 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate (esthiō) nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
5: 30The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat (esthiō) and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
5: 33Then they said to him, "John's disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat (esthiō) and drink."
6: 1One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate (esthiō) them.
6: 4He entered the house of God and took and ate (esthiō) the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat (esthiō), and gave some to his companions?"
7: 33For John the Baptist has come eating (esthiō) no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon';
7: 34the Son of Man has come eating (esthiō) and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
7: 36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat (esthiō) with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
8: 55Her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he directed them to give her something to eat (esthiō).
9: 13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat (esthiō)." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish - unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."
9: 17And all ate (esthiō) and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
10: 7Remain in the same house, eating (esthiō) and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.
10: 8Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat (esthiō) what is set before you;
12: 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat (esthiō), drink, be merry.'
12: 22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (esthiō), or about your body, what you will wear.
12: 29And do not keep striving for what you are to eat (esthiō) and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.
12: 45But if that slave says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat (esthiō) and drink and get drunk,
13: 26Then you will begin to say, 'We ate (esthiō) and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
14: 1On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat (esthiō) a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.
14: 15One of the dinner guests, on hearing this, said to him, "Blessed is anyone who will eat (esthiō) bread in the kingdom of God!"
15: 16He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating (esthiō); and no one gave him anything.
15: 23And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat (esthiō) and celebrate;
17: 8Would you not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat (esthiō) and drink; later you may eat (esthiō) and drink'?
17: 27They were eating (esthiō) and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them.
17: 28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating (esthiō) and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
22: 8So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat (esthiō) it."
22: 11and say to the owner of the house, 'The teacher asks you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat (esthiō) the Passover with my disciples?"'
22: 15He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat (esthiō) this Passover with you before I suffer;
22: 16for I tell you, I will not eat (esthiō) it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."
22: 30so that you may eat (esthiō) and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
24: 43and he took it and ate (esthiō) in their presence.

John

4: 31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat (esthiō) something."
4: 32But he said to them, "I have food to eat (esthiō) that you do not know about."
4: 33So the disciples said to one another, "Surely no one has brought him something to eat (esthiō)?"
6: 5When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat (esthiō)?"
6: 23Then some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten (esthiō) the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
6: 26Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate (esthiō) your fill of the loaves.
6: 31Our ancestors ate (esthiō) the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat (esthiō).'"
6: 49Your ancestors ate (esthiō) the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
6: 50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat (esthiō) of it and not die.
6: 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats (esthiō) of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
6: 52The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat (esthiō)?"
6: 53So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat (esthiō) the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
6: 58This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate (esthiō), and they died. But the one who chews this bread will live forever."
18: 28Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate's headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat (esthiō) the Passover.

Acts

9: 9For three days he was without sight, and neither ate (esthiō) nor drank.
10: 13Then he heard a voice saying, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat (esthiō)."
10: 14But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten (esthiō) anything that is profane or unclean."
11: 7I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat (esthiō).'
23: 12In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat (esthiō) nor drink until they had killed Paul.
23: 21But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat (esthiō) nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent."
27: 35After he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat (esthiō).