Luke 5:1

It came to passe as the people preased vpon him to heare the worde of God that he stoode by the lake of Genezareth:

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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 stonde by the lake syde but the fisshermen were gone out of the and were wasshynge their nettes.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:18As Iesus walked by the see of Galile he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter and Andrew his brother castynge a neet into the see for they were fisshers

Matthew 14:34And when they were come over they went in to the londe of Genazareth.

Mark 3:9And he commaunded his disciples that a shippe shuld wayte on him because of the people leste they shuld througe him.

Mark 6:53And they came over and went into the londe of Genezareth and drue vp into the haven.

Luke 12:1As ther gadered together an innumerable multitude of people (in so moche that they trood one another) he began to saye vnto his disciples: Fyrst of all beware of the leve of the Pharises which is ypocrisy.

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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