{"id":2700,"date":"2024-05-24T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/jesus-fish-symbol-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:58:44","slug":"jesus-fish-symbol-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/jesus-fish-symbol-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u8036\u7a23\u9c7c\uff08Ichthys\uff09\uff1a\u57fa\u7763\u6559\u9c7c\u7b26\u53f7\u7684\u542b\u4e49"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Jesus fish is a creed in five letters. Ichthys (\u0399\u03a7\u0398\u03a5\u03a3) is Greek for fish, and its letters begin the Greek words for Jesus Christ, God&#039;s Son, Saviour. Christians cut it into seal rings, inscriptions and catacomb walls by about AD 200, and since the 1980s it has been common on cars. The first Christians read even more into it. Christ is the Fish, and those baptised into him, as Tertullian put it around 200, are &quot;little fishes&quot; born in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jesus fish, or ichthys, is Greek for fish; its letters stand for Jesus Christ, God&#039;s Son, Saviour. Where it first appears, the sand legend and car fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2652,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/fish-symbolism-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2700,"position":0},"title":"Fish in the Bible: What Do They Symbolize?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In the Bible, fish stand for people gathered to God, for God's provision and for the risen Jesus' meals, from Jonah's great fish to the 153 of John 21.","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cBible Mysteries\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Bible Mysteries","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/bible-mysteries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Elijah taken up in the chariot of fire, in the style of Fra Angelico","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00313.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00313.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00313.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00313.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11554,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/jonah-meaning-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2700,"position":1},"title":"Is Jonah in the Bible? 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