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Variations of the ichthys symbol. A modern ΙΧΘΥΣ ("ichthys") fish symbol on a car. An empty modern fish symbol. The ichthys symbol (or "Jesus fish") is a sign typically used to proclaim an affiliation with or affinity for Christianity. The fish was originally adopted by early Christians as a secret symbol, but the many variations known ...
The Feeding of the 5,000 is also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish"; the Gospel of John reports that Jesus used five loaves and two fish supplied by a boy to feed a multitude. According to the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place.
Ichthys was adopted as a Christian symbol.. The ichthys or ichthus (/ ˈ ɪ k θ ə s / [1]), from the Greek ikhthū́s (ἰχθύς, 1st cent.AD Koine Greek pronunciation: [ikʰˈtʰys], "fish") is (in its modern rendition) a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish.
The Healing of the Paralytic – one of the oldest known depictions of Jesus, [ 18] from the Syrian city of Dura Europos, dating from about 235. Initially Jesus was represented indirectly by pictogram symbols such as the ichthys (fish), the peacock, or an anchor (the Labarum or Chi-Rho was a later development).
The second miraculous catch of fish is also called the "miraculous catch of 153 fish", and seems to recall the first catch. It is reported in the last chapter of the Gospel of John ( John 21:1–14 ) [ 6 ] and takes place after the Resurrection of Jesus .
Coin in the fish's mouth. The Apostle Peter paying the temple tax with a coin from the fish's mouth, by Augustin Tünger, 1486. Tilapia zilli ("St. Peter's fish"), served in a Tiberias restaurant. The coin in the fish's mouth is one of the miracles of Jesus, recounted in the Gospel of Matthew 17:24–27. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
Sea of Galilee Boat. Coordinates: 32°50′39.52″N 35°31′30.64″E. The 'Ancient Galilee Boat' housed in the Yigal Allon Museum in Kibbutz Ginosar. The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus. The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century. [1] The document is generally considered to be Gnostic in origin because of references in letters (by Hippolytus of Rome ...