Colossians 2:16
Let no one, therefore, be judging, you,—in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast, or new moon, or sabbath,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Which are a shadow of the things to come, whereas, the body, is of the Christ.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:2Speak ye unto the sons of Israel saying,—These are the living things which ye may eat, of all the beasts which are upon the earth:
Leviticus 17:10And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people.
Numbers 10:10And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings,—so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I—Yahweh, am your God.
Deuteronomy 14:3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
1 Samuel 20:5And David said unto Jonathan—Lo! the new moon, is to-morrow, and, I, must not sit with the king, to eat,—let me go then, and hide myself in the field, until the evening.
2 Kings 4:23And he said—Wherefore art thou going unto him, to-day, neither new moon nor sabbath? And she said—Peace!
Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:14-16
The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. The apostle here represents the privileges we Christians have above… Read the whole commentary →