2Iesous, Greek for NAME above all names

7Another way to covertly identify oneself as a believer when meeting someone new was to draw a half ONE or arc in the dirt or sand

9They were and still are meaningful to Christians because of the numerous accounts from Jesus' life involving THESE

10Jesus also fed five thousand men and their wives and children 15 to 20 thousand people, with five small BARLEY ones and two fish (Matthew 14:17 He compared the kingdom of heaven to a net that is thrown into the sea and gathers fish of many kinds (Matthew 13:47). Few will be kept. Many will be Thrown Away

11The early church was hotly (given the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group), and so is the church in these latter days. Now, as then, in an effort to minimize casualties, they covertly communicated as we may soon have to, via this fish symbol or cross word Search Project

14The ichthys or ichthus, or sometimes ixthus, is the JESUS LIKE RELIGION fish symbol

15Theou, Greek for

17uios, Greek for

18This acrostic is made up of the first letters of five ______ words

1Jesus said in (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17). "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of THEM"

3If the other person happened to be a believer, they would complete the fish icon/representation in the dirt with a stick, one person draws the arc, then the other person uses the same starting point, but draws an upside down arc, thus making a complete IXTHUS

4the double arc ____ which forms the profile of a fish

5sōtēr, Greek for

6Christos, Greek for "anointed" or

8Both the fish symbol and the acrostic had meaning to the early church two thousand years ago, and still hold meaning for (US) today

12After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples in bodily form, and made them breakfast—bread and pieces of grilled fish (John 21:9–14). Indicating THIS will be an activity with drinking in the new bodies we born be again believers are getting

13the brothers Peter and Andrew were fishermen and were Followers

16Acrostic What is an acrostic? An acrostic is a piece of writing in which a particular set of letters—typically the first LETTER of each line, ____, or paragraph—spells out a ____ or phrase with special significance to the text