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France notes that the Sea of Galilee at the time was known for its prosperous fishing industry. [5] This was mainly based around fishing for sardines, carp, and musht [a] fish. Various methods were used, but nets were common. Dragnets were common, but they required a large team to use. This verse is thus more likely referring to some form of ...
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. The World English Bible translates the passage as: He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 4:19.
This verse is very similar to Mark 1:21, with the major difference being that Matthew makes clear that Zebedee was in the ship with his sons. Like Simon and Andrew, James and John are fishers: see Matthew 4:18 for a discussion of fishing on the Sea of Galilee. Luke's very different description of the calling of the disciples notes that James ...
Miraculous catch of 153 fish fresco in the Spoleto Cathedral, Italy (second miracle) According to John 21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. This has become known popularly as the "153 fish" miracle.
"The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind." Like the parable of the Tares, earlier in Matthew 13, this parable refers to the final judgment. [2] Here, the imagery is drawn from the separation of edible from inedible fish caught by a net, probably a seine net.
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There is a parallel account in Mark 1:16–20 and a similar but different story in Luke 5:1–11, the Luke story not including the phrase "fishers of men" (or similar wording). The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges calls Matthew 4:19 a "condensed parable", [1] drawn out at slightly greater length later in the same gospel. [2]
The first appearances of fish symbols as adopted in Christian art and literature date to the 2nd century AD. Some modern fish symbol variations, called the Jesus fish, contain the English word Jesus in the center, or are empty entirely. [2] Some Christian Anarchists use an ichthys combined with an anarchist Circle-A as a symbol of their beliefs ...