Luke 5:1

It came to passe, that when ye people preassed vpon hym, to heare the worde of God, he stoode by the lake of Genezareth,

Bible (Bishops')

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

2And sawe two shippes stande by the lakes syde: But the fisshermen were gone out of them, and were wasshyng their nettes.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:18And Iesus, walkyng by the sea of Galilee, sawe two brethren, Simon (which was) called Peter, and Andrewe his brother, castyng a nette into the sea, (for they were fysshers.)

Matthew 14:34And when they were gone ouer, they came into the lande of Gennezaret.

Mark 3:9And Iesus comaunded his disciples, that a shippe shoulde wayte on hym, because of the people, leste they shoulde thronge hym.

Mark 6:53And when they had passed ouer, they came into the lande of Genezareth, and drewe vp into the hauen.

Luke 12:1In ye meane tyme, whe ther were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people [insomuch] that they trode one another, he began to saye vnto his disciples. First of all, beware of the leuen of the pharisees, which is hypocrisie.

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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