Somehow I missed that, but hey, it always bears repeating. His word never returns void.
yes. And I believe there is discussion within different denominational circles about what additions are from translators and not scribes, and often they are talked about in footnotes of our bibles. Not always are they in electronic versions such as E-sword, but they do sometimes come up in the commentaries. Very few who have understanding of the situation with a Hebraic mindset say that this passage had anything to do with reversal of Kashrut.
So he said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?" Mark 7:18-20 NKJV
Notice, no parentheses.
They were getting all bent out of shape over Y'shua's disciples not washing their hands before they ate. It should also be noted that in the entire context of this debate between them, the subject matter at hand was food of any kind, not just meat, being defiled by unwashed hands. The question isn't about the Torah, but about a tradition. Second, its not a question about what may be eaten. It's about whether one may eat at all without a ritual handwashing.
It goes deeper than our translation, into the Greek and what words Peter used in the passage quoted from Acts as to "common" and "unclean".
Biblically Clean Foods - Here a little, there a little - Commentary
Exactly.
While Paul says there is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female - he is not negating status that is there, is always there and will be there until the end of the age; he is saying that G-d doesn't have favorites or deal differently with anyone because of their social standing or whether they're a man or woman. We're all humans and G-d relates to us on that angle.
