Luke 5:1
One day, as Jesus was standing beside the Sea of Galilee, people crowded around him to hear the word of God.
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2Jesus noticed two boats lying on the shore, left there by fishermen who were washing their nets.
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Deuteronomy 3:17The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it to the west, from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea). On the east lay the slopes of the Pisgah mountain range.
Matthew 4:18As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee Jesus saw two brothers. Simon, also called Peter, and his brother Andrew, were casting a net in the sea. They made their living by catching fish.
Matthew 14:34After crossing the lake they arrived at Gennesaret.
Mark 3:9Jesus told his disciples to have a small boat ready in case the crowd crushed him,
Mark 6:53After crossing the Sea they arrived at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
Luke 12:1In the meantime so many thousands of people had gathered that they were stepping on each other. Jesus began speaking first to his disciples. “Beware the yeast of the Pharisees—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 →