"Come, follow me," Jesus said,
"and I will make you fishers of men."
Mark 1:17
The Sign of the Fish
The earliest followers of Jesus were persecuted and forced to worship in secret locations. They adopted a secret symbol, the fish. Often these persecuted Christians scratched the fish symbol on the ground before them to help identify fellow believers.
The letters in Greek for fish (IXOYE) stand for:
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