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Brief Summary Why 153 Fish in John 21:11 ? Sections :
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Problems with Square Root of 3 Answer Some have said the John was referring to the square root of three when he used the number 153. This is an interesting idea, but it has some real problems. Wikipedia states:
There are two fractions that were used to approximate the value of √3. They are 1351/780 > √3 > 26/153 John was an effective communicator. So, it is reasonable for us to conclude that John would have given his readers sufficient information to infer whatever reference to which he was alluding. So, if John had intended “153 fish” to be specific allusion to the square root of 3 then we must ask the question, “How could John have known that his readers would make a solid inference and not just attributed his text to being just a chance similarity without any necessary correlation?” The link between 153 fish and what John was alluding to would have to have been strong enough for John to known that his readers would make the proper connection. It seems unlikely that the single and possibly chance occurrence of 153 in one of the denominators, in one of the four numbers, that were used to make up the two fractions that were used to approximate the square root of 3 would have made that link strong enough. The primary reference John was making would have to be a lot stronger than what we see here for John to know that his readers would follow the connection he was making. And we might add, if John had been alluding to the square root of 3 we would have to ask why? The square root of 3 is not part of the Gospel. |
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