{"id":1282,"date":"2020-10-02T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devokids.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:55:39","slug":"st-peters-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devokids.com\/st-peters-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Peter&#8217;s Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By Wendy Lanier<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Strand-of-St.-Peters-Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1289 alignleft\" title=\"Strand of St. Peter's Fish\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Strand-of-St.-Peters-Fish-143x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever hear the story of how the disciple Peter caught a fish with a coin in its mouth? Maybe you wondered what kind of fish would have a coin in its mouth and why.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Fishing-in-the-Sea-of-Galilee1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1290\" title=\"Fishing in the Sea of Galilee\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Fishing-in-the-Sea-of-Galilee1-143x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible the fish Peter caught was a musht fish. Whether it really was or not, the fish has become popularly known as \u201cSt. Peter\u2019s fish.\u201d Musht fish are still caught in the Sea of Galilee today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/St.-Peters-Fish_Musht-Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1288\" title=\"St. Peter's Fish_Musht Fish\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/St.-Peters-Fish_Musht-Fish-150x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A musht fish is a type of tilapia that grows anywhere from 6 to 18 inches long and can weigh more than three pounds.\u00a0 They have a long dorsal fin along their back that looks like a comb when extended.\u00a0 The word \u201cmusht\u201d is Arabic for comb.<\/p>\n<p>Musht fish have a large head with a bag under their mouth. Every year in the spring the musht fish lay their eggs. After the eggs are fertilized, the parents carry first the eggs, then the newly hatched young in their pouch for a few weeks. Later the parents begin scooping up rocks from the bottom of the Sea of Galilee. Soon the pouch is so crowded the young are eager to leave the comforts of home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/St.-Peters-Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1287\" title=\"St. Peter's Fish\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/St.-Peters-Fish-150x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Bible times people sometimes threw coins into the Sea of Galilee as a way to offer a private offering to God. Because musht fish often scooped up coins along with the pebbles from the lake floor, it probably wasn\u2019t unheard of to find a fish with a coin in its mouth. The miracle was that it was in the first fish Peter caught after Jesus sent him fishing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/St.-Peters-Fish_Musht-Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1280\" title=\"St. Peter's Fish3\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/St.-Peters-Fish_Musht-Fish-150x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew 17:\u00a027 &#8220;&#8230;go out to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth, and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2009_4-16_Wendy_portraits_0121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-137\" title=\"2009_4-16_Wendy_portraits_012[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/devokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2009_4-16_Wendy_portraits_0121-126x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Lanier is a former elementary\u00a0teacher whose writing credits \u00a0include titles for KidHaven Press,\u00a0Lucent Books, Capstone Press,\u00a0and contributions to such\u00a0publications as Focus on the\u00a0Family&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Clubhouse<\/em>, CBN.com,\u00a0MOPS.org and\u00a0<em>The Amazing Bible <\/em><em>Factbook for Kids <\/em>(a publication\u00a0of Time Inc. Home Entertainment\u00a0and the Livingstone Corp.).<\/p>\n<p>Her educational background\u00a0includes a B.S. in Speech Communication\u00a0Disorders and a M.Ed. in Elementary\u00a0Education with over 18 years experience\u00a0in Texas public and private schools. \u00a0She has taught in both regular\u00a0and gifted\/talented classrooms\u00a0(grades 3, 4, 6, and 7),\u00a0specializing in the areas of science,\u00a0social studies, and language arts. \u00a0Wendy&#8217;s author presentations are\u00a0fast paced, memorable events\u00a0filled with laughter and learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wendy Lanier &nbsp; Ever hear the story of how the disciple Peter caught a fish with a coin in its mouth? Maybe you wondered what kind of fish would have a coin in its mouth and why. It\u2019s possible the fish Peter caught was a musht fish. 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