The whole, followed by anthropou, (the word inscribed upon the figure of the fish,) forms a profession of Christian faith:
JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, SAVIOUR OF MEN.
Pilate’s question addressed to our Lord, “What is truth?” “Quid est Veritas?” contains in itself, by a perfect anagram, its own answer: “Est vir qui adest:” “It is the Man who stands before you.”
When “I cry that I sin” is transposed, it is clear
My resource, “Christianity,” soon will appear.
The following very curious sentence, “Sator arepo teret opera rotas,” is not first-class Latin, but may be freely translated: “I cease from my work; the mower will wear his wheels.” It is, in fact, something like a nonsensical verse, but has these peculiarities: 1st. It spells backward and forward the same. 2d. Then, the first letter of each word spells the first word. 3d. Then, all the second letters of each word spell the second word. 4th. Then, all the third, and so on through, the fourth and fifth. 5th. Then, commencing with the last word, the last letter of each word spells the first word. 6th. Then, the next to the last, and so on, through.
The lines which constitute the Pyramid below, may be read from the base upward, or from the apex downward, indifferently.