Him and his apostles fishing in the river... no one catching anything and suddenly Jesus catches a fish, and another... and another... and another... A MIRACLE!
2006-09-27 09:16:26 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Give me a fish, you'll feed me for a day,
Teach me to fish, and I'll f***ing starve, you moron, I live in the city, where the f*** am I going to fish?
Sorry, just had to get that out, now I feel all better =)
2006-09-27 09:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Mira♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to the first part of the question is this: No, Jesus did not cheat. He never used magic powers either. It was the Holy Spirit that was doing the work - the same Spirit that brooded over the waters to fulfill all that God was speaking into creation (Genesis 1:2). Father gave Jesus the words to speak, Jesus spoke them, the Holy Spirit fulfilled, or made good, on those words.
And since they were His Father's fish, and since we know the Bible says that Jesus only said what the Father gave Him to say and did what the Father gave Him to do, then, actually, if you want to get technical about it, it was Father who was the mastermind behind the fishing trips where they came to shore with the motherlode. It was actually Father who put Jesus up to catching all those fish.
The seas and all the fish in them belong to God. It's all His. He's just gracious enough to share it all so generously with us.
2006-09-27 09:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by Carol L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL! Awesome question. I am not a religious man but I would say no, only on the grounds that he "had the ability to turn water into wine and have a single loaf of bread feed so many people". I do not think he would need to.
But on the other hand, he was Jesus, why not show every one else up with a superior fishing trip, just to say ha ha.
2006-09-27 09:19:10 · answer #3 · answered by superhomer1221 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that one could cheat at fishing by casting nets.
And, your story is inaccurate. Jesus told his apostles to cast their nets, and their nets were filled. Christ did not cast the net.
I am aware that electrifying the water in order to kill fish so that they float to the surface, where they can be scooped up, is illegal in some places because it is considered cheating.
I see no evidence of poor sportsmanship in Jesus' actions. But keep in mind, too, that those men were not fishing for sport; they were fishing so that people might be fed from their catch.
2006-09-27 09:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the miracles of Jesus were not there originally, but added in later in competition of greek or roman gods that included
turning water to wine
walking on water
commanding fish to jump in nets
raising from dead
multiplying food
etc
we see early coptic texts without the miracles and read later the added miracles by the officiating editors and churches
2006-09-27 09:20:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't cheating. He was teaching.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Jesus pulls coin out of fish's mouth to pay taxes!
Jesus nearly Sinks Boat with Too Many Fishes!
Jesus turns two lousy fishes into baskets full of fish!!!
2006-09-27 09:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't catch the fish. He pulled them out of a picnic basket. The basket never emptied because God constantly refilled them with the fish He was catching in Lake Michigan. It's His favorite fishing spot, I'm told.
2006-09-27 09:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by marky_mark_w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think someone was hiding upstream and at the right moment released a whole bunch of fish like Jesus instructed. Miracle? Naw... Cunning and sly? Yup!
2006-09-27 09:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a story in the book of Jubilees (a book fobidden entry into the bible) about when Jesus was young. A child he was playing with fell and Jesus was accused of pushing him to his death. Jesus reportedly raised the boy from the dead so he could tell the crowd Jesus was innocent.
Definitely an abuse of power.
2006-09-27 09:21:04 · answer #9 · answered by ©2009 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He could feed 5,000 human beings on one packed lunch. He additionally in all probability had the means to tutor bread into stones and leap from a extreme tower unhurt, yet he desperate against unquestionably doing it. it extremely is thrilling that he did not have the means to make certain that his words of peace weren't used to justify the inquisitions, crusades, witch burning, and heresy trials.
2016-10-01 10:36:24 · answer #10 · answered by erlebach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋