And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
Ver. 2. Were washing their nets] Though they laboured last night, and had taken nothing. Ferendum et sperandum. Hope beguiles calamity, as good company doth the way.
Verse Luke 5:2. _TWO SHIPS_] δυο πλοια, _Two vessels_, It is highly improper to term these _ships_. They appear to have been only such _small boats_ as are used to manage nets on flat smooth beaches:...
TWO SHIPS - The ships used on so small a lake were probably no more than fishing-boats without decks, and easily drawn up on the beach. Josephus says there were 230 of them on the lake, attended by fo...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...
THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES (_cf._ Mark 1:16 *, Matthew 4:18 *). The eager crowds that attend Jesus show His need of assistants. The simpler story of Mk. and Mt. is here replaced by one which intr...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
Jesus was standing on the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret while the crowds pressed in upon him to listen to the word of God. He saw two boats riding close to the shore. the fishermen had disembarked f...
SAW. App-133. Not the same word as in Luke 5:27; Luke 5:1 two ships. At that time there were about 4,000 on the lake. SHIPS. boats. STANDING: i.e. at anchor. Eng. idiom is "lying". THE FISHERMEN. Th...
_ships_ Rather, BOATS (_ploiaria_). _standing_ i. e. lying at anchor. _were washing their nets_ If we combine these notices with those in Mark 1:16-20; Matthew 4:18-22, we must suppose that during a...
Luke 5:1-11. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE CALLING OF FOUR DISCIPLES...
ΠΛΟΙ͂Α. אBD. πλοιάρια, ‘little boats.’ AC. ἜΠΛΥΝΟΝ. BD. This is a far better reading than the ἀπέπλυναν of Rec[106] The sense requires an imperfect. [106] Rec. The Textus Receptus. 2. ΠΛΟΙ͂Α, ‘boat...
VER 1. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS THE PEOPLE PRESSED UPON HIM TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, HE STOOD BY THE LAKE OF GENNESARET, 2. AND SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY THE LAKE: BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE GONE OUT...
ΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΠΛΟΊΑ _асс. pl. от_ ΠΛΟΪ́ΟΝ (G4143) лодка; здесь: маленькая лодочка, открытое судно около 6-9 м длиной (Ellis; Shelley Wachstann, "The Galilee Boat — 2...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Challenging Men (Luke 5:1-11) 5 While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2And he saw two boats by the lake; b...
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, In our exposition of Matthew 4:18, we have shown, as it appears to us, that th...
31-32 Compare Mat_4:13-17; Mar_1:21-22. 31 His rejection in "His own country" led to His making Capernaum "His own city". From this as a base, He circled about on His evangelistic tours, returning th...
MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...
TWO SHIPS. — Better, _boats,_ or _little ships,_ the Greek word being a diminutive, as in John 6:23. The narrative implies that they were the boats respectively of Jonas, the father of Peter and Andre...
V. (1-11) AND IT CAME TO PASS... — See Notes on Matthew 4:18. The narrative here has so many points in common with that in St. Matthew and St. Mark (Mark 1:16) that it has been supposed by most commen...
CHAPTER 10 THE CALLING OF THE FOUR. WHEN Peter and his companions had the interview with Jesus by the Jordan, and were summoned to follow Him, it was the designation, rather than the appointment, to...
ἐπικεῖσθαι. In Mt. and Mk. (Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16) the call of the four disciples took place when Jesus was walking alone. Here Jesus is surrounded by a crowd who pressed upon Him. καὶ ἀκούειν, etc....
_The call of Peter_. This narrative, brought in later than the corresponding one in Mk., assumes larger dimensions and an altered character. Peter comes to the front, and the other three named in Mk.,...
ἑστῶτα : two boats _standing_ by the lake, not necessarily drawn up on shore, but close to land, so that one on shore could enter them. They had just come in from the fishing, and were without occupan...
NEW CATCHERS OF MEN Luke 5:1-11 Not their first call, recorded in John 1:35-42, but another which preceded their appointment to the apostolate. The Lord always supersedes us. He superseded Peter in...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...
_Washing their nets. See St. Matthew iv. 18. and St. Mark i. 16, where it is said, that Christ saw them when they were casting their nets; i.e. some of them were casting, others washing, or mending, t...
CHAPTER 12 THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES Luke 5:1-11. “And it came to pass, while the multitudes were pressing on Him to hear the word of God, and He was standing near the Lake Genesareth [i.e., t...
. _ The General Situation._ This description furnishes a perfect frame to the scene that follows. The words, καὶ αὐτός..., _He was also standing there_, indicate the inconvenient position in which H...
1. _The Call of the Disciples_: Luke 5:1-11. The companions of Jesus, in the preceding scene, have not yet been named by Luke (_they_ besought Him, Luke 4:38; she ministered unto _them_, Luke 4:39). A...
SECOND CYCLE: FROM THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES TO THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE, LUKE 5:1 TO LUKE 6:11. Up to this time Jesus has been preaching, accompanied by a few friends, but without forming about...
(1) And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, (2) And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out o...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...
AND SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY THE LAKE,.... Or two fishing boats; which were, as the Arabic version renders it, "detained by anchors at the shore of the lake"; the one belonging to Peter and Andrew, a...
_As the people pressed upon him_, with great eagerness, _to hear the word of God_ Insomuch that no house could contain them: they perceived Christ's word to be the _word of God_, by the divine power a...
TWO SHIPS; fishing-boats....
THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES AND THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES. Luke 5:1 Preaching on the shore of the sea:...
AND SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY THE LAKE; BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE GONE OUT OF THEM, AND WERE WASHING THEIR NETS....
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...
1-11 When Christ had done preaching, he told Peter to apply to the business of his calling. Time spent on week days in public exercises of religion, need be but little hinderance in time, and may be...
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Luke 5:2 and G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) two G1417 boats G4143 standing G2476 (G5761) by G3844 lake...
‘And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.' So with the crowds pressing Him so hard Jesus looked around Him and saw two boats moor...
JESUS REVEALS HIS AUTHORITY OVER BOTH FISH AND FISHERMEN AND CALLS THE FISHERMEN TO FISH MEN (5:1-11) . The first incident in which Jesus' Messianic authority is revealed is in the calling of fisherme...
Luke 5:2. BY THE LAKE. Either by the shore of the lake, or possibly drawn up on the shore. WASHING THEIR NETS. After the night of toil (Luke 5:5)....
TIME. The miraculous draught of fishes took place shortly after the rejection at Nazareth, but _before_ the healing of Simon's mother-in-law (chap. Luke 4:38-39); for at that time these four fishermen...
TWO BOATS (πλοια δυο). Some MSS. have πλοιαρια, little boats, but πλοια was used of boats of various sizes, even of ships like νηες.THE FISHERMEN (ο αλεεις). It is an old Homeric word that has co...
Luke 5:1 Fishers of Men. I. This passage reminds us that discipleship comes before apostleship. Peter had been, for at least some months, a docile learner in the school of Christ before he was calle...
Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...
CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...
Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...
HE SAW TWO BOATS. They belonged to Peter and Andrew; and James and John. See notes on Matthew 4:18-22....
CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:1. TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.—“His preaching in the synagogues had excited so much attention that the people followed Him to the shore of the lake to hear Him” (_Speaker’s Comme...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...
Mark 1:19; Matthew 4:21...
Ships [π λ ο ι α]. Used of vessels in general. Some texts read ploiapia, a diminutive form, meaning little boats. Were washing. From the sand and pebbles accumulated during the night's work. Luke uses...