“Two Fishermen”
Allusion: a passing or casual reference; incidental mention of something familiar,
either directly or by implication
Biblical allusion: indirect reference to the Bible; reader needs to be familiar with the Bible
or the portion of the Bible to convey the hidden meaning of the words, ex. He slayed his Goliath.
Ichthys or Ichthus:
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in early Christian and ecclesiastical art, an emblematic fish and an acronym for the Greek words for “Jesus Christ,
God’s Son, Saviour” ( ΙΧΘΥΣ );
in English, it refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs – which resemble a profile of a fish, used as a
secret symbol for Early Christians as “the sign of the fish” or the “Jesus fish”
when a Christian met a stranger in the road, the Christian sometimes drew one arc of the simple fish
outline in the dirt. If the stranger drew the other arc, both believers knew they were in good company.
Current bumper-sticker and business-card uses of the fish hearken back to this practice. The symbol is
still used today to show that the bearer is a practicing Christian.
Fish:
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several of Jesus’ Apostles were fishermen; “I will make you fishers of men”
@ the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus multiplies 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish to feed the multitude
Parable of Drawing in the Net: metaphor comparing a God’s decision about who will go to heaven/hell to fishers
sorting their catch
Peter’s Denial (Mark 14):
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during the Last Supper, Jesus foretold that Peter would deny him three times before the following
cockcrow ("before the cock crows twice" in Mark's account).
Following the arrest of Jesus Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, heard
the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry
bitterly.
Irony:
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Verbal irony is a figure of speech in the form of an expression in which the use of words is the opposite
of the thought in the speaker's mind, thus conveying a meaning that contradicts the literal definition, as
when a doctor might say to his patient, "the bad news is that the operation was successful." Dramatic
irony theatrical device of having a character utter words which the reader or audience understands to
have a different meaning, or participating in an event which the audience understands but of which the
character himself is unaware. Situational Irony when a situation occurs which is quite the reverse of
what one might have expected.