Luke 5:3

and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon’s, He asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2and He saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

4And when He left off speaking, He said to Simon, “Put back into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch”;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:1And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

John 1:41this one first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is, being interpreted, Anointed One),

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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