scientists have revealed the secret of Jesus' “fish miracles” – UNIAN
New evidence points to a natural phenomenon that could have caused significant concentrations of fish off the lake's shores that were easily caught.
A rare natural phenomenon in the Sea of Galilee may explain Jesus' fish miracles. A study published in the journal Water Resources Research offers a scientific explanation for one of the Bible's most famous fish miracles.
It turns out that unique natural processes in the Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, may be responsible for the abundance of fish off its shores, which may have inspired the biblical legends.
The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in Israel mentioned in the Bible as the site of Jesus' miracles: the “Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes”, where Jesus fed thousands of people with five loaves of bread and two fish, and the “Miraculous Catch of Fishes”, where…