Dimensions: 4"/10.1 cm

Material: Olive Wood

This pretty solid fish shape paper weight is hand crafted in Jerusalem and made of holy land olive wood.The paper weight features Jesus name carved inside the fish ICHTHYS, iχθύς is Greek and translates to the word, “fish.” It is said that in the time of persecution, the first Christians used the fish as a secret symbol: if they were not sure if a particular unknown person was a fellow believer in Jesus, they would draw an arc in the sand. If the unknown person would complete the symbol by drawing an intersecting arc, thus depicting a fish, they disclosed their identity of being a Christian. The symbol of the fish is also referred to in Mark 1:17, when Jesus required of Simon (who later became Peter) and his brother Andrew, who were both fishing at Lake Galilee, to follow Him, and who said to them that He will be making them fishers of men. This is a genuine olive wood item that is manufactured in Holy Land. Each item is unique due to its color and the possession of small cracks in the wood. You will receive the item according to the picture except for its color and small wood cracks.

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