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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Luke 5:4

Greek: Epanagage eis to bathos. Put back from whence you have just now returned. Where you failed without Christ, with Christ you will prove successful. Now is the proper time, when you act in my presence, and according to my orders; before it was not, when you followed your own, and not my will. (Maldonatus) --- St. Augustine interprets the text, Launch out into the deep, as spoken of distant nations, to whom the gospel was afterwards delivered: tolle signum in gentes, ad eas, quæ prope, et ad eas quæ longe. (Isaias v. 26. and xi. 12.)

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    John 21:6; Matthew 17:27...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. Our Saviour having delivered his doctrine to the people, confirms his doctrine with. miracle, and with such. miracle as did at once instruct and encourage his apostles; the miraculous...

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