Luke 5:2

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1AND 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,

3And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

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Cross References

Mark 1:19And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending the nets.

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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