Charlie P. (NY)
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- Feb 3, 2006
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Happy for you, Franklin. Does it have a practical application?
As far as "153 fish", Gematria never appealed to me as a sensible practice. I don't believe the names of things have "force". Nature doesn't care a fig about our human created base 10 numbering system.
There are some 17 different methods for converting the Hebrew to numeric - so there is a good chance you'd find a method that could make any number eventually turn up a word you approve of.
153: is that 1 and 5 and 3, or 1+5+3, or 100+50+3? Depending on the word you like you'll use any of those, or come up with another route.
And lets take a look at the passage John 21:11. So, Matthew, Mark and Luke didn't catch that act (so to speak) so likely when John was written 90 to 100 years after the Crucifixion no one who witnessed the haul was still around. That lends some weight to whoever wrote it added some fluff with significance as they desired.
And now, depending which interpretation you prefer, there are about eight "leading" opinions on the significance of the number 153. Also, if to add each number 1 through 17 together (1+2+3+...+15+16+17) it will equal 153.
So there you have it. That signifies a waste of time figuring that out.
As far as "153 fish", Gematria never appealed to me as a sensible practice. I don't believe the names of things have "force". Nature doesn't care a fig about our human created base 10 numbering system.
There are some 17 different methods for converting the Hebrew to numeric - so there is a good chance you'd find a method that could make any number eventually turn up a word you approve of.
153: is that 1 and 5 and 3, or 1+5+3, or 100+50+3? Depending on the word you like you'll use any of those, or come up with another route.
And lets take a look at the passage John 21:11. So, Matthew, Mark and Luke didn't catch that act (so to speak) so likely when John was written 90 to 100 years after the Crucifixion no one who witnessed the haul was still around. That lends some weight to whoever wrote it added some fluff with significance as they desired.
And now, depending which interpretation you prefer, there are about eight "leading" opinions on the significance of the number 153. Also, if to add each number 1 through 17 together (1+2+3+...+15+16+17) it will equal 153.
So there you have it. That signifies a waste of time figuring that out.