Sunday, June 29, 2014

There are many reference to fish and fishing in the New Testament.

...Jesus preached in terms of fishing, (click here) almost echoing Jeremiah when he says to Peter and the other fishermen: —From now on you will be catching men— (Lk 5:11). 

Two miraculous catches of fish are related in Luke 5:1-11 and John 21:1-8). 

All of the gospel writers attest that he fed thousands with fish and bread. 

He compares the kingdom of heaven to a dragnet (Mt 13:47-48). 

He paid taxes with a coin found in the mouth of a fish (Mt 17:27). 

Jesus is depicted as preaching from fishing boats and sailing in fishing boats. The crowds that followed him carried bread and fish (Mk 6:35-40). 

The hungry asked for fish (Lk 11:1). 

Jesus was given fish to eat after his resurrection in Jerusalem (Lk 24:42), and he cooked fish for his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (Jn 21:9). 

He traveled to and from places in the company of fishermen. And, most importantly, Jesus choose fishermen for the important job of spreading his word and building his church....