Luke 5:2

He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

Majority Standard Bible

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

1On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

3Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

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Cross References

Mark 1:19Going on a little farther from there, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their 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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