The common people are often more eager than their rulers to hear the truths of the gospel. These truths, plainly and kindly exhibited, meet their wants as sinners, and commend themselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
CHAPTER V. _The miraculous draught of fishes at the lake of Gennesaret_, 1-11. _Christ heals a leper_, 12-14. _His fame being published abroad, he withdraws to the desert_, 15, 16. He heals a pa...
THE PEOPLE PRESSED UPON HIS - Multitudes came to hear. There were times in the life of our Saviour when thousands were anxious to hear him, and when many, as we have no reason to doubt, became his tru...
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)...
AND, &c. verses: Luke 5:1. IT CAME TO PASS. See Luke 1:8. TO HEAR. and heard. So all the texts. God. App-98. HE. Emphatic, to distinguish Him from the crowds. STOOD. was standing. BY. beside. Gre...
Luke 5:1-11. The Draught of Fishes. The Calling of four Disciples 1. _pressed upon him_ St Mark (as is his wont) uses a stronger word to express the physical inconvenience, and adds that sometimes at...
Luke 5:1-11. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE CALLING OF FOUR DISCIPLES...
ΚΑῚ�. אABL, Edd. ‘_and heard_’ for τοῦ�. ‘_to_ hear.’ 1. ἘΠΙΚΕΙ͂ΣΘΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. With this section compare Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20. St Mark (as is his wont) uses stronger words (ἐπιπίπτειν, θλίβειν...
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...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случаться (_см._ Luke 2:1). ΈΠΙΚΕΪ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. inf. от_ ΈΠΊΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G1945) налегать, нажимать, сжимать. Описывает физическое давл...
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...
5:1 standing (a-21) Or 'he was standing also.'...
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...
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.,...
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...
And (1) it came to pass, that, as the people (a) pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, (1) Christ reveals to the four disciples whom he had taken unto himself...
What St. Luke here gives till ver. 10, is mentioned purposely to shew on what occasion, and by what miracle, Peter, Andrew, James, and John, were called. (Maldonatus)...
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...
. _ 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...
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...
CONTENTS We have in this Chapter the Lord Jesus teaching the People: the miraculous Draught of Fishes; the Leper cleansed; a Man with a Palsy healed; and the Call of Matthew....
(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...
_ON HEARING SERMONS_ ‘The people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God.’ Luke 5:1 This eagerness of the people to hear Christ is full of instruction, and both of encouragement and caution to all...
Luke 5:1._He stood near the lake. _Matthew and Mark, according to the usual custom of their language, call it _the sea of Galilee. _The proper name of this lake among the ancient Hebrews was כנרת, (_C...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS THE PEOPLE PRESSED UPON HIM,.... As Christ went through Galilee, and preached in the synagogues there, great crowds of people attended on him, and they followed him wherev...
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, Ver. 1. _As the people pressed upon him_] This was both an argument of the truth...
_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...
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,...
THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES AND THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES. Luke 5:1 Preaching on the shore of the sea:...
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...
OLBGrk; LUKE CHAPTER 5 LUKE 5:1 Christ teacheth the people out of Simon's ship. LUKE 5:4 The miraculous draught of fishes: Simon and the two sons of Zebedee follow him. LUKE 5:12 Christ cleanseth a le...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV ), saying to Peter, when he trembled at the very large draught of the fishes, "Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men? "[232] Tertullian On Modesty name,-...
Luke 5:1 So G1161 was G1096 (G5633) as G1722 multitude G3793 about G1945 (G5738) Him G846 hear...
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF JESUS' MESSIANIC MINISTRY (5:1-9:50). In this section we see the see the establishment and growth of Jesus' ministry as Messiah as He manifests Himself to Israel, a...
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 5:1. THE MULTITUDE. His influence was already great. THE LAKE OF GENNESARET _,_ _i.e._, the Sea of Galilee (see on Matthew 4:18). Luke alone uses the former name....
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...
PRESSED UPON HIM (επικεισθα). Luke in this paragraph (Luke 5:1-11; Mark 1:16-20; Matthew 4:18-22) does not follow the chronology of Mark as he usually does. It seems reasonably clear that the renewe...
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...
WHILE THE PEOPLE PUSHED THEIR WAY UP TO HIM. When people have not been made prejudiced by false teachers, they are usually eager to hear the Word. LAKE GENNESARET. Another name for Lake Galilee [also...
_And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God_ THE GOSPEL AND THE MASSES What could have been the wonderful secret power by which the great Prophet of Galilee dr...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:1 LAKE OF GENNESARET. The Sea of Galilee. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
Joshua 12:3; Luke 12:1; Luke 8:45; Mark 1:16; Mark 3:9;...
Pressed [ε π ι κ ε ι σ θ α ι]. Lit., were laid upon. To hear. The A. V. is correct according to the reading tou ajkouein, which it follows. The true reading is kai ajkouein, and heard. So Rev. He st...
Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16....
Here observe, 1. That our Saviour used the sea as well as the land in his passage from place to place to preach the gospel; and the reasons why he did so might probably be these: 1. To show Nature's...