Luke 5:1

And it came to pass while the multitude was pressing on him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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 Context

2that he saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:18And as he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

Matthew 14:34And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

Mark 3:9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should continue near him, because of the multitude, that they might not press upon him.

Mark 6:53And when they had passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and drew the ship ashore.

Luke 12:1In the mean time, when myriads of the people had come together, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:1

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ preaching to the people out of Peter's ship, for want of a better pulpit, ver. 1-3 . II. The recompence he made to Peter for the loan of his boat, in a miraculous draught of fishes, by which he intimated to him and his partners his design to make them, as apostles, fishers of men, ver. 4-11 . III. His cleansing the leper, ver. 12-15 . IV. A short account of his private devotion and public ministry, ver. 16, 17 . V. His cure of the man sick of the palsy, ver. 18-26 . VI. His… Read the whole commentary →

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