Luke 5:1

AND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 the nets.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:18And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Matthew 14:34And passing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

Mark 3:9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, that they might not throng him.

Mark 6:53And passing over, they came to the land of Gennesaret, and anchored there.

Luke 12:1IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: 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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