Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 5:8
Depart from me, for I am a sinful man — And therefore not worthy to be in thy presence.
Depart from me, for I am a sinful man — And therefore not worthy to be in thy presence.
Verse Luke 5:8. _DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN_] εξελθε απ εμου, _Go out from_ me, i.e. from my boat. Peter was fully convinced that this draught of fish was a miraculous one; and that God hi...
WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT - Saw the great amount of fishes; the remarkable success of letting down the net. HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS’ KNEES - This was a common posture of “supplication.” He had no doubt no...
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...
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...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
JESUS. App-98. I AM. SINFUL MAN. True conviction has regard to what one is, not to what one _has done._ Compare Manoah (Judges 13:22), Israel (Exodus 20:19), men of Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6:20), David...
_When Simon Peter saw it_ Apparently it was only when he saw the boats sinking to the gunwale with their load of fish that the tenderness and majesty of the miracle flashed upon his mind. _Depart from...
Luke 5:1-11. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE CALLING OF FOUR DISCIPLES...
ἸΔῺΝ ΔῈ ΣΊΜΩΝ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ. Apparently it was only when he saw the boats sinking to the gunwale with their load of fish that the tenderness and majesty of the miracle flashed upon his mind. ἜΞΕΛΘΕ�' ἘΜΟΥ͂....
VER 8. WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES, SAYING, DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN, O LORD. 9. FOR HE WAS ASTONISHED, AND ALL THAT WERE WITH HIM, AT THE DRAUGHT OF THE FISHES...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΠΡΟΣΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΠΊΠΤΩ (G4363) падать ниц перед (с _dat._). ΓΌΝΑΣΙΝ _dat. pl. от_ ΓΌΝΥ (G1119) колено, ΈΞΕΛΘΕ _aor. imper. a...
DISCOURSE: 1490 THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES Luke 5:8. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were w...
DEPART FROM ME,— Peter's words on this occasion may be variously interpreted; for we may suppose that, conscious of his sinfulness, he was afraid to be in Christ's company, lest some infirmity or offe...
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...
8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...
DEPART FROM ME] 'Peter perceived that His command was effectual beyond expectation, and that He was a divine and supernatural man, and, therefore, feeling himself unworthy, begged Him to depart' (Euth...
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...
DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN. — We must remember that both before and on that very day Peter had listened to our Lord’s teaching in all its deep and piercing power, and that thus what we have...
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...
_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.,...
Πέτρος : here for first time introduced without explanation, presumably in connection with the great crisis in his history. ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός : a natural exclamation especially for an impulsive nature in...
_Sequel of the miracle_....
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...
Such was the excess of St. Peter's humility, that he judged himself unworthy the presence of Christ, and by this rendered himself more worthy. So the centurion, for a similar act of self-abasement, me...
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...
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...
_a.The Preparation._ In the imperative, _launch out_ (Luke 5:4), Jesus speaks solely to Peter, as director of the embarkation; the order, _let down_, is addressed to all. Peter, the head of the prese...
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...
(4) Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. (5) And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and...
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...
_GOD AND OURSELVES_ ‘Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.’ Luke 5:8 If the first lesson which was learned by Simon in the school of Jesus Christ was the lesson of holy confidence, the sec...
Luke 5:8._Depart from me, O Lord. _Although men are earnest in seeking the presence of God, yet, as soon as God appears, they must be struck with terror, and almost rendered lifeless by dread and alar...
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...
WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT,.... The multitude of fish that was taken, and both vessels filled with them, and the danger they were in of sinking, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES. The Arabic and Persic versi...
When Simon Peter saw _it_, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Ver. 8. _For I am a sinful man_] Gr. A man a sinner, ανηρ αμαρτωλος, a very mixture and...
_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...
DEPART FROM ME; this was occasioned by the display of his divinity which Jesus had made, and Peter's conviction of his own unworthiness....
WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES, SAYING, DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN, O LORD....
The call of Simon...
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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Origen Against Celsus Book I And in the Gospel according to Luke, Peter says to Jesus, "Depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man."[124]...
Luke 5:8 When G1161 Simon G4613 Peter G4074 saw G1492 (G5631) at G4363 (G5627) Jesus G2424 knees...
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...
‘But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” ' And then Simon Peter looked down on what had happened and the realisation of the...
Luke 5:8. SIMON PETER. His full name is given at this turning-point of his life. FELL DOWN, etc. Not an act of worship, but a recognition of God's power in Jesus. DEPART FROM ME. Go out from me, _...
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...
FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES (προσεπεσεν τοις γονασιν Ιησου). Just like Peter, from extreme self-confidence and pride (verse Luke 5:5) to abject humilation. But his impulse here was right and sincere....
SINFUL SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Luke 5:8 It is easy to trace the way by which Peter's thoughts had travelled to this conclusion. The miracle such a thing as had never been seen before on those familiar waters had taken a wonderful h...
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 FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE JESUS. Amazed and frightened by the miracle which brought the fish into their nets....
_When Simon Peter saw it he fell at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me_ WHAT IT WAS THAT PETER SAW To understand the action and the words of Simon Peter, we must know what it was that he saw. The...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:8 ASTONISHED. At this point, Peter understands that God is working through Jesus. Later, he will come to a deeper understanding (see Mark 8:29). Only after the
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...
1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Samuel 6:20; 2 Samuel 6:9;...
Fell down at Jesus ' knees. Compare Sophocles, "Oedipus at Colonus," 1605 : "Zeus from the dark depths thundered, and the girls Heard it, and shuddering, at their father's knees Falling, they wept....