jesus fish WHAA!?

Question

you know that little fish thing, that resembles Jesus or something like that? can somebody explain this to me, i dont get it. (no offense to anybody, i just have NO idea what its about and i was curious, idk how to explain it other than the fish thing)

Answer 1

The fish became associated with Christianity as a secret code of sorts. "Icthus" is Greek for "fish." During the various persecutions that Christians suffered during the early years of the church, the ichtus was used to identify believers and places of worship.

For example, it was common for people to stop and greet one another along a road. During this conversation, a Christian would draw an arc in the dirt with his sandal or toe. If the other person he was greeting was a Christian, he would draw another arc from his side, with the tail intersecting. This resulted in the fish. If an authority figure were to pass by, they would see a couple of guys with a fish between them, and if he heard the word "ichtus," would likely think they were fishermen.

The Greek letters in the fish symbol you find on cars spell out the word "Ichtus" in the Greek, and each letter means something:

Iota: "Iesous" which means "Jesus"

Chi: "Christos" which means "Christ"

Theta: "Theos" which means "God"

Upsilon: "Uios" which means "Son"

Sigma: "Soter" which means "Savior"

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_fish


"Resembles Jesus?"-- Never heard that one. Ya know-- "no offense to anybody" but 80% of the questions in here could be quickly answered with a glance at Wikipedia. The other 20% could be covered with "Yeah, your avatar's real cute" and "No-- the boy in your class doesn't really love you".

Answer 3

It was a secret symbol Christians drew in the sand to indentify one another. The letters inside the fish stoop for Jesus Christ, Son of God, in Greek.

Answer 4

I've heard many stories on how it came to be about but I believe it has to do with the story of the Fish and The Bread that was like mutilplied to feed those Thousands of People.

Answer 5

In most towns in Jesus' day a person would be persacuted for speaking of the Lord's name outside in the public, so for others to know that it were okay for someone to talk to Christ with them, they would hang that picture in their home or draw it in the dirt letting the other person know. If the other person was not a Christian then they wouldn't understand and no one would be harmed!

Answer 6

It was used by early christians to identify each other. They would each draw half the fish in teh ground. This way if the other did not respond with the half of the fish they knew not to talk about religion.

To my knowledge Christ did not look like a fish.

Answer 7

Fish represents the fish and bread Jesus separated to feed a thousand people, it represents the miracles of Christ

Answer 8

Jesus told his disciples to become fishers of men.
Go out & find ones interested & who want to please God.

Throughout the New Testament there are stories related to fishing and feeding crowds with fish. Jesus talks of making disciples "fishers of men". It is written in the Bible, in Matthew 4:18-20, Jesus calls two brothers, Simon (Peter) and Andrew, to leave their fishing and become "fishers of men". It is written in the Bible, in Matthew 14:15-21 Jesus feeds 5000 men, plus women and children with five loaves of bread and two fish.

Answer 9

It's a Mafia thing..something to do with death...see The Godfather, part 1

Answer 10

dusty above said it right.it's the word ΙΧΘΥΣ which means fish in greek.Ιησους Χριστος Θεος Υιος Σωτηρ