A multi-institutional team of environmental scientists and physical limnologists has found that there may be a scientific explanation for Jesus’ “miraculous catch of fish”—one that does not involve miracles. In their paper published in the journal Water Resources Research, the group describes their study of natural fish die-offs in Lake Kinneret, which is believed to be the Biblical Sea of Galilee mentioned in the Bible.
Study suggests Jesus’s ‘miraculous catch of fish’ may have had a less-than-miraculous explanation
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