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 discourse of Jesus the four disciples were fishing with a drawnet (amphiblestron) not far from the shore, and within hearing of His voice; and that the rest of the incident (here narrated) took place on the morning after. The disciples had spent the night in fruitless labour, and now Peter and Andrew were washing, and James and John mending, their castingnets (diktua), because they felt that it was useless to go on, since night is the best time for fishing.

nets Here diktuaor castingnets (from dikôI throw, funda, jaculum) as in Matthew 4:20; John 21:6. In Matthew 4:18 we have the amphiblestronor drawnet (from amphiand ballo, I throw around); and in Matthew 13:47, sagênê, seine or haulingnet (from sattô-I load").

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