Defining 153. Scholars going back at least as far as Augustine have noted that 153 is a triangular number. It equals the sum of the first seventeen counting numbers. This connects 153 to 17. It suggests that 153 has the same meaning as 17, but carried to an extreme. Seventeen means victory, a meaning many before me have accepted.

Firstly, in that time, there were only 153 known species of fish. Jesus had already called the disciples 'fishers of men' (Mark 1:17) but they focused initially exclusively on Israel. The number 153 represented every possible, known people group in the world at that time, in other words, the whole world. Numbers have a special significance for ...

2014年4月1日 · The 153 are symbolic of the harvest of overcomers also called the first-fruits who make the lump holy, first-born high priests, the Remnant, the first-born, the 144,000, the voice crying at midnight in Matthew 25, the holy ones, the Melchizedek, the …

2022年1月20日 · In the JPS Commentary Sarna takes Exodus 15:3 as a metaphor. This seems obvious and is the best way to reconcile these two passages.

2022年4月7日 · There are many who interpret the 153 fish in John 21 similarly as gematria. This happens to be the sum of ...

2024年2月26日 · In 1 Corinthians 15:3-6, St. Paul provides us with an early historical creed, this creed was something that St. Paul tells us that he had received (1 Corinthians 15:3) and lists those who were appa...

2020年7月19日 · But the number 153 (fish) is interesting. Coupled with the seven disciples in the boat, there is a total of 160 contents delivered to the shore where Jesus is. Four times four, times ten, times ten. Significant numbers in spiritual allusion. And Peter arrives with Jesus first, having ungirded himself in the process.

2023年4月26日 · I wanted to directly address you question of why John used a double amen and the Synoptics only a single. In general, the commentaries point out this fact, but usually give no indication as to why the difference.

2021年9月7日 · Verse 8. The Greek word that was translated “born out of due time” is “EKTROMA.” This is the only time this word is used in Scripture, and it means “a miscarriage (abortion), i.e. (by analogy) untimely birth” (Strong’s Concordance).

The scene from Luke 5 is repeated although with different fishing tools. Here they use a cast net. 7 strong fishermen were unable to haul the net up into the boat. We are later told that there were 153 large fish in the net. It might have weighed about 300 kilos. So, what did they do to the net?