Luke 5:6

And when they had done this, they inclosed a great number of fishes, and their net began to break;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

In Context

5And Simon answered and said to him: Master, we have toiled all night and have caught nothing; but at thy command, I will let down the net.

7and they beckoned to their partners who were in the other ship, to come and help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

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Cross References

John 21:6He said to them: Throw the net on the right side of the ship, and you will find. They threw it, there fore, and were no longer able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were immersed, and on that day there were added to them about three thousand souls.

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:2-12

The Call of Peter, James, and John. 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 of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into… Read the whole commentary →

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