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John 21:11 the number of the fish caught
1. Luke 5:4-6,10 Catching of fish
Luke 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. [kjv]
5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. [kjv]
5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. [kjv]
5:10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. [kjv]
As recorded in Luke 5, at the time that Jesus first met Peter and John, a miracle catch of fish happens.
2. Luke 5:4
KJV: Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Greek: ως δε επαυσατο λαλων ειπεν προς τον σιμωνα επαναγαγε εις το βαθος και χαλασατε τα δικτυα υμων εις αγραν
3. Luke 5:5
KJV: And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Greek: και αποκριθεις ο σιμων ειπεν αυτω επιστατα δι ολης της νυκτος κοπιασαντες ουδεν ελαβομεν επι δε τω ρηματι σου χαλασω το δικτυον τα δικτυα
4. Luke 5:6
KJV: And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Greek: και τουτο ποιησαντες συνεκλεισαν ιχθυων πληθος ιχθυων πολυ διερρηγνυτο διερρησσετο δε το δικτυον τα δικτυα αυτων
5. Luke 5:10
KJV: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Greek: ομοιως δε και ιακωβον και ιωαννην υιους ζεβεδαιου οι ησαν κοινωνοι τω σιμωνι και ειπεν προς τον σιμωνα ο ιησους μη φοβου απο του νυν ανθρωπους εση ζωγρων
6. John 21:6,10-11 Déjà vu all over again
7. John 21:6
KJV: And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
Greek: ο δε ειπεν αυτοις βαλετε εις τα δεξια μερη του πλοιου το δικτυον και ευρησετε εβαλον ουν και ουκ ετι ουκετι αυτο ελκυσαι ισχυσαν ισχυον απο του πληθους των ιχθυων
Latin: dixit eis mittite in dexteram navigii rete et invenietis miserunt ergo et iam non valebant illud trahere a multitudine piscium
Luther: Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Werfet das Netz zur Rechten des Schiffs, so werdet ihr finden. Da warfen sie und konnten's nicht mehr ziehen vor der Menge der Fische.
8. John 21:10
KJV: Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
Greek: λεγει αυτοις ο ιησους ενεγκατε απο των οψαριων ων επιασατε νυν
9. John 21:11
KJV: 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.
Greek: ανεβη ουν σιμων πετρος και ειλκυσεν το δικτυον επι της γης εις την γην μεστον ιχθυων μεγαλων εκατονπεντηκοντατριων πεντηκοντα τριων και τοσουτων οντων ουκ εσχισθη το δικτυον
Latin: ascendit Simon Petrus et traxit rete in terram plenum magnis piscibus centum quinquaginta tribus et cum tanti essent non est scissum rete
Wycliffe: Symount Petre wente vp, and drowy the nett in to the lond, ful of grete fischis, an hundrid fifti and thre; and whanne thei weren so manye, the nett was not brokun.
Tyndale: Simon Peter stepped forthe and drewe the net to londe full of greate fysshes an hondred and. liii. And for all ther were so many yet was not the net broken.
Luther: Simon Petrus stieg hinein und zog das Netz auf das Land voll großer Fische, hundert und dreiundfünfzig. Und wiewohl ihrer so viel waren, zerriß doch das Netz nicht.
10. Matthew 23:32
Matthew 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. [kjv]
και υμεις πληρωσατε το μετρον των πατερων υμων [gnt]
… mensuram patrum … [v]
11. Matthew 23:32
KJV: Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Greek: και υμεις πληρωσατε το μετρον των πατερων υμων
Latin: et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum
Wessex: & ge-fylle ge þt ge-met eowra faedera.
Wycliffe: And fulfille ye the mesure of youre fadris.
Luther: Wohlan, erfüllet auch ihr das Maß eurer Väter!
Russian: дополняйте же меру отцов ваших.
12. 153 fish
Throughout history, people have wondered why there were exactly 153 fish.
We will dismiss the argument that, as a fisherman, John just exaggerated the number of this catch.
Of course, John also wrote of the number 666 in Revelation, another famous (or infamous) number.
It appears that when theologians, etc., were asked about the number 153, they felt compelled to provide some logically sound answer.
13. Jerome
Jerome
wrote that Oppian's Halieutica listed 153 species of fish, although this could not have been the intended meaning of the Gospel writer because Oppian composed Halieutica after the Gospel text was written, and at any rate never gave a list of fish species that clearly adds up to 153. Wikipedia
14. Fish number
Saint Augustine (Early Christian father) argued that the significance lay in the fact that 153 is the sum of the first 17 integers (i.e. 153 is the 17th triangular number), with 17 representing the combination of divine grace (the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit) and law (the Ten Commandments). Wikipedia
15. Wikipedia
Wikipedia details more ideas people have had over the ages about the precise number of fish caught as recorded in John.
16. Number 153: number of the fish
This fish shape was adopted by early Christians as the symbol of Christianity (about 100 AD), but the symbol itself goes back many hundreds of years.
Pythagoras (about 500 BC)
Euclid (about 300 BC)
Archimedes (about 200 BC)
The number
153 was known as the "
number of the fish".
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John 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. [kjv]