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The 153 Fish |
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There is an interesting verse when "Jesus" told his apostles to cast the net to the side of their ship. They pulled up 153 Fish. When you think about it, it's kind of strange that they would give an exact number. Why not something like we pulled up a large quantity of fish or a ballpark figure like "over one hundered fish"? Below is the verse and some simple research on this mysterious number. I'm only helping point out some things of interest, I'm not saying there is any truth to this matter only that it's interesting.
John 21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Yahshua loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt [his] fisher's coat [unto him], (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. John 21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. John 21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. John 21:10 Yahshua saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 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.
So by casting this "Net" are we catching "sons of God"? That is the thinking behind Gematria which is the numerical assignments to each letter of both the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. This of course would mean the Greek and Hebrew numeric systems are some how interrelated as "Sons of God" is the Hebrew calculation and that thought line is being mixed with the Greek calculation from above. The next verse uses a multiple of 153 when referring to "the net" within the same set of verses.
John 21:6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. Το Δικτυον The Net does indeed total 153x8=1224 I originally thought this was pretty neat to see, the only problem is this number can be broken even further down like this: 1224 = 2 x2 x 2 x3 x3 x17 which is less impressive then seeing 153 in the equation. You will find research out there that says Fishes = a multiple of 153 or is 153 as a numeric value. I'm was unable to locate any Greek word for fish or fishes that are a multiple of 153 in scripture. Here are the Fish words that don't = 153 or multiples of 153. Ιχθυων = Fish Ιχθυας = Fish - Strong's # 02486 (Greek) Ιχθυς = Fish - Strong's # 02486 (Greek) Ιχθυν = Fish - Strong's # 02486 (Greek) 10+600+9+400+50=1069 דגה = Fish - Strong's # 01710 (Hebrew) 4+3+5 = 12
The figurate number 153 is the 17th triangle number: (17² + 17)/2 = 153. It is a truncated triangle number, too, as 1 and 15 are also triangle numbers. The reverse 351 is the 26th triangle number: (26² + 26)/2 = 351. There are many Triangular numbers within the scriptures, so there is intelligence behind the verses and numbers don't appear to be picked out of thin air. Here is a great link that shows more mathematical properties of these numbers that show up in the bible: http://www.theologos.net/intro_bk.shtml
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