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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:...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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Luke 5:1-11. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE CALLING OF FOUR DISCIPLES...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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.,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_ 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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 nothi...
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_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...
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TWO SHIPS; fishing-boats....
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AND SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY THE LAKE; BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE GONE
OUT OF THEM, AND WERE WASHING THEIR NETS....
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THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES AND THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES.
Luke 5:1
Preaching on the shore of the sea:...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 5:1...
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Luke 5:2 and G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) two G1417 boats G4143 standing
G2476 (G5761) by G3844 lake...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HE SAW TWO BOATS. They belonged to Peter and Andrew; and James and
John. See notes on Matthew 4:18-22....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Mark 1:19; Matthew 4:21...
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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...