9 thoughts on “ A Fish Called Jesus ”

1. Jesus Appears to the Fishermen Some time after Jesus appeared to the apostles, Peter decided to go fishing in the Sea of Galilee. Thomas, James, John, and some other disciples went with him.
2. The eating of the fish convinced the Apostles that Jesus was alive again. Eating fish, meals of fish, miracles of fish. It is not totally enigmatic that the early Christians may have had fish on the Communion table and portrayed Jesus as the Ichthus, the Fish, the Christos.
3. The Greek word for fish is "ichthys." As early as the first century, Christians made an acrostic from this word: Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter, i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, garpaitrafdawareg.ertifiscacomdenewsfretkaagegistnol.infoinfo: Elesha Coffman.
4. Tilapia is rumored to be the fish that was caught by St. Peter in the Sea of Galilee and fed to the masses of Tabgha, an ancient town on the north-west coast of the sea, by Jesus. This is one of the reasons why the fish is also known as “St. Peter’s fish” and is separated from meat according to Lenten standards.
5. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. John ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish.
6. Such as the times when Jesus sent them out in pairs (e.g., Mark ff.; Luke ff.). The word for “fish” here has no article, so it could be read, “a fish” as the NET Bible has rendered garpaitrafdawareg.ertifiscacomdenewsfretkaagegistnol.infoinfo need not be the case, however, and thus most translations do not render it “a fish,” as though there were only one fish—just enough for Jesus—but “fish”—enough for all.
7. Jul 15,  · A Fish Called Jesus Vid Above: Shameless Self Promotion I had forgotten that the wind can blow here for days if not weeks on end without pausing to draw breath. In Italy when the bora blows people are driven mad by it, here on the Isle of Mull people live leaning into the wind that blows off the ocean and on rare days of stillness they find.
8. Jesus wants you and me to fish for people too. If we will be faithful in telling people about Jesus and his love, we can trust Jesus to bring in the catch! Dear Jesus, help us to be good fishers for people -- faithful to go, patiently waiting, and tusting you to bring in the catch. Amen.
9. The Jesus fish is a well recognized symbol consisting of two curved lines that resemble the image of a fish. The symbol is also known as an Ichthys (coming from the ancient Greek word for fish). IXИYУ is an acronym coming from the first letter of words that mean “Jesus Christ God’s Son is Savior.”.