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Drug Abuse in Scripture (Jesus and Drugs - Drugs in the Bible) and Other extra-Biblical Writings

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Many believe that the Bible has no direct mandate concerning drug abuse. At least one Major Bible Encyclopedia informs us: "‘DRUG ABUSE’. Not mentioned in the Bible, but the principles derived from alcohol abuse would apply to drugs" and although it is true that the King James Authorized Version of 1611 does still carry a marginal reference at Deuteronomy ch. 29 v.18 (mg. 3 Rôsh ‘poisonful herb’ see Lex. (iii) ראש) that, at least in the majority English versions* (still basically, at least concerning our subject, a medieval translation) is as far as the Bible would appear to go; (Try an English Bible Search!) and yet, from the Bible Lexicons we find:

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pharmakeía, kashãph

DRUG ENCHANTMENT

THE GREEK φαρμακεία pharmakeia (Sometimes φαρμακία)

‘DRUG MAGIC’

IN THE GREEK OLD (LXX) AND NEW TESTAMENTS STANDING GENERALLY FOR THE HEBREW כשן kasháph THE MAGICAL PLANT ‘OFF CUTTINGS’, A WORD USED TO DESCRIBE THE ‘SORCERY’ OF THE APOCALYPTIC BABYLON AND NINEVEH AS THE ‘DESTROYER OF FAMILIES’

(Nahum 3:4, = KJV ‘NATIONS’ Rev.18:23)

AS EVENTUALLY TO EFFECT THE WHOLE OF MANKIND:

‘FOR BY THY SORCERIES - φαρμακεία pharmakeia ‘ENCHANTMENT OR MAGIC WITH DRUGS’ - WERE ALL NATIONS DECEIVED’

Revelation 18:23 KJV

from the literal Greek ‘caused to err, led astray, a philter of deception’

See page Lexicon, with Babylon and Nineveh

also Revelation 17:5 / 18:23 KJV Nahum 3:4 KJV

Online Scripture links courtesy Blue Letter Bible

Apart from the Apocalypse in the Greek New Testament the word appears primarily at Galatians 5:20

‘The acts of a sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, (πορνεία porn -eia ‘harlotry/pornography’) impurity and debauchery, Idolatry and witchcraft (NKJV ‘sorcery’ from the Greek φαρμακία pharmakia ‘enchantment with drugs’)...hatred...jealousy...envy...orgies and the like’.

Galatians 5:19-21 (abridged) see NIV / KJV / Greek NT

Galatians 5.20 Cambridge Greek Testament Courtesy C.U.P.

Reproduced from the Cambridge Greek Testament 1914 p.124 ‘Notes to Galatians’ (5:20) by A. Lukyn Williams D.D. courtesy Cambridge University Press. Compton’s Interactive courtesy Riverdeep Inc. LLC

This ancient word φάρμακία, ‘drug magic’, occurs 5 times in the Greek New Testament with no fewer than 30 further occurrences (including the Apocryphal references) in the Greek (LXX) Old Testament version: and as such further reciprocated in many of the Early Christian Writings.

See page LEXICON , CONCORDANCE and the EARLY CHURCH

Also, from the above, under ‘Witch, Witchcraft’ in the same Bible Encyclopedia:

See also Nineveh, Jezebel and Babylon

See further Book of Enoch (Fallen Angels)

The Jewish Encyclopaedia Article ‘Witchcraft’

For the use of drugs as medicine in Scripture see Ecclesiasticus (Apoc.) 38:1-4

Honour a Physician Eccl

From the Greek and Hebrew of the original text it is therefore immediately clear, that beneath the surface of the English Bible and other extra-Biblical literature, there is a great wealth of teaching concerning drugs and drug abuse seemingly forgotten since Old Testament Times and the teachings of the Early Church.

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Some of the more modern English Bible translations, including the recently published NET Bible (2005) do now carry specific drug reference from the Hebrew כשן kasháph and Greek φαρμακίεα pharmakiea etc. See Bible Search for free download of this excellent new version. Other modern translation is referenced eBook text (‘Intro’) etc.

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