The Bible has been a source of inspiration for thousands of years, but the details surrounding the two “Miracles of the Loaves and Fishes” Share this article Share this article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy link Link copied Bookmark this Comment
After years of debate, new research has provided scientific confirmation of one of the earliest biblical accounts of Jesus Christ, complete with a detailed chronology of events that took place in specific locations.
According to the New York Post, the study has revealed the mechanisms behind two famous stories – the “Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes” and the subsequent “Miraculous Catch of Fishes.”
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Both stories took place on the Sea of Galilee, now known as Lake Kinneret in Israel.
The Gospel of Matthew describes how Christ miraculously transformed just five loaves of bread and two fish into enough food for approximately 5,000 followers.
New discoveries explain the mass fish kill caused by a lack of oxygen in the water, which could have been an opportunity for Jesus to perform both miracles, the Irish Star reports.
The study shows that strong winds stir up deep layers of water, depriving them of oxygen and, as a result, causing suffocation of fish.
This could cause the fish to float to the surface, providing an excellent opportunity to collect it while it lay lifeless in the water.
Although this story has remained unexplained for generations, this evidence may provide scientific support for how events actually occurred.
Researcher Yael Amitai shed light on the phenomenon, noting, “The Sea of Galilee is a stratified lake. The upper layer is warm and rich in oxygen, while the lower layer is cold and poor in oxygen. When a strong westerly wind blows, it pushes the upper warm layer of water from the west of the lake to the east, where it accumulates, putting pressure on the existing water.”
“In the west of the lake, the water from the lower layer rises. This creates oscillations in the water profile, called internal waves,” The Times of Israel reports.
Similar fish kills have been observed since then, most recently at the mouth of the Tsalmon River. 3D modeling was used to scan the lake. Ehud Strobach, a climate researcher at the Institute of Volcanology, also showed the phenomenon using both a dynamic lake model and an atmospheric model.
He explained: “Using observational data from the Sea of Galilee monitoring programme, we created concise 3D models of the lake for two fish kill events. These models show the generation of internal waves and the upwelling of cold, anoxic (oxygen-poor) water at the location and time of the fish kill.”
As to the time when this event took place, it is quite clear that the supposed “miracle”, the only one described in all four Gospels, most likely took place between the end of spring and the beginning of summer.
This is explained by sudden changes in temperature: when the water gets deeper, more dead fish float to the surface.
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