fishing the art of

Fishing, the art of
was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine.
It was from the fishing-nets that Jesus called his disciples
(Mark 1:16-20), and it was in a fishing-boat he rebuked the
winds and the waves (Matt. 8:26) and delivered that remarkable
series of prophecies recorded in Matt. 13. He twice miraculously
fed multitudes with fish and bread (Matt. 14:19; 15:36). It was
in the mouth of a fish that the tribute-money was found (Matt.
17:27). And he "ate a piece of broiled fish" with his disciples
after his resurrection (Luke 24:42, 43; comp. Acts 1:3). At the
Sea of Tiberias (John 21:1-14), in obedience to his direction,
the disciples cast their net "on the right side of the ship,"
and enclosed so many that "they were not able to draw it for the
multitude of fishes."

  Two kinds of fishing-nets are mentioned in the New Testament:

  (1.) The casting-net (Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16).

  (2.) The drag-net or seine (Matt. 13:48).

  Fish were also caught by the fishing-hook (Matt. 17:27). (See {NET}.)