Another Fish on the Fire: John 21:9, 11
The 153 fish of John 21:11 should be seen as a "name in numbers" puzzle and should be solved with that category's conventions in mind. Previous solutions have failed to explore and evaluate the knowledge a would-be puzzle-solver would need. In 1990, in an article in Expository Times I...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
2020
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2020, Volume: 82, Issue: 4, Pages: 628-648 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 21,9
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 21,11
/ Fish
/ Number
/ Number symbolism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
153 fish
B John 21:11 B Biblical Theology B the eighth day B INCONSISTENCY (Logic) B Theophanies B isopsephy B Jesus Christ B School children B triangular numbers B Gematria |
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| Summary: | The 153 fish of John 21:11 should be seen as a "name in numbers" puzzle and should be solved with that category's conventions in mind. Previous solutions have failed to explore and evaluate the knowledge a would-be puzzle-solver would need. In 1990, in an article in Expository Times I proposed adding the one fish Jesus is roasting on the coals (John 21:9) and used isopsephy to solve the new total, 154, as the word "Day," an early title of Jesus. Two new arguments support that solution: the numerical sum of the name Jesus is reflected in the three Sunday appearances--"on the first day of the week" (John 20:19); "after eight days" (20:26); and the final Sunday that solves the numerical puzzle (21:1-14)--and the fishing scene imitates a wellknown gathering of eight men in book 2 of the Iliad. The elementary arithmetic of triangular numbers suggests a hypothesis. If the epilogue to the Gospel of John used the nomen sacrum ⲓⲏ for the name Jesus, the nomen as the number 18 and its triangle 171 also belong with the triangular 153 and its base of 17. The letter-numerals of η ογδοη η add up to 171. As letters joined with ἡμέρα, they form a phrase familiar from Leviticus, ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ὀγδόη, which equals 153 plus 1 plus 171. The solution: Jesus is "the Eighth Day". |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2020.0131 |