Why do they put the word "jesus" in the fish? People usually put these things on there cars.?

Answer 1

The fish outline is a logical symbol for the early Christian church to adopt. Fish are often mentioned in the gospels. This is what one would expect, if Jesus did most of his teaching in the Galilee. The synoptic gospels state this, although the Gospel of John denies it. Fish were a staple in the diet of Galilee. Some Christians believe that a second link between their religion and the fish symbol is seen in the Greek word for fish (ichthus, spelled: Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma). That is an acrostic which has many translations in English. The most popular appears to be "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior" 16 [Iesous (Jesus) CHristos (Christ). See below.

Answer 2

The fish is the symbol of Christians. It was used in the bible times as a secret symbol. As people traveled and would come upon others traveling the same road, they would stop to talk and if you were Christian, you would draw a fish in the sand with your walking stick as you were talking. This would let the other person know it was safe to talk. If the other person didn't notice the fish, the Christian would know not to reveal any information that could harm the Christian movement. Today Christians carry on the tradition openly by displaying the fish on lots of things.

Answer 3

Where does the fish come from? Aside from the “fisher’s of men” language and the feeding the multitude miracles, the fish take on additional meaning during Roman persecution. Nero started “state sponsored” persecution of Christians but that was largely cenetered around Rome. It wasn’t really until Domitian (reigned 81-86AD) and Trajan (reigned 98-117AD) that state sponsored persecution of Christians was carried throughout the empire. During these times (and other times of persecution) Christians would use the fish as a sort of password. When people got together and wanted to make sure another person was a Christian they would draw in arc (in the sand or in their pudding, whatever) and if the other person was a Christian, they would draw an opposite arc to complete the fish.

Answer 4

The fish comes from early Christian church and it plays a huge role in the gospels:

Mark 1:17: "Come after Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

Matthew 12:40: "...Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

Matthew 14:17: "And they said to Him, 'We have here only five loaves and two fish.'"

Luke 5:6: "And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking."

Luke 24:42: "So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb."

John 21:6: "And He said to them, 'Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.' So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish."

1 Corinthians 15:39: "All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, and another of birds."

Answer 5

The fish has been an important Christian symbol, not only because of the fact that Jesus included several fishermen in his close circle, but also because The initial letters of each word in the Greek phrase "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior" form the word ICHTHUS, which means "fish."

Answer 6

It is a symbol that actually stands for the union of two circles as in number sets. if you cut it off it looks like a fish, but it stands for the whole figure, the rest of which is missing. It indicates the union of man and GOD by the Christ figure. the small pointy oval shape formed by the overlapping two circles represent the CHRIST or the joiner or redeemer, so this became the symbol for Christ. It is all in the kabala (sacred mystic teachings of Jews) The christians never really knew what it meant and still do not to this day. poor fools.

Answer 7

In the Bible the word sea represents all the population or people of the world. Jesus came up out of the sea and became a fisher of men, or in other words, spread the word of God among men (and women) so that they may inherit God's Kingdom .

Answer 8

The fish (<><) is an early "sign" of sorts for Christianity. Early persecuted Christians would write it, say, in the dust, and any other Christians would see it and they would know that you were one of them. Putting Jesus in it, I suppose, is a just a little more of an obvious way of saying it. God bless!

Answer 9

something with the fish representing the first three letters of Christ in Greek or something
im not sure

the fish was a symbol for someone else to know that the person wearing the fish was Chrisian

Answer 10

One symbol of Jesus is the fish (like the cross, but much more pleasant)