Luke 5:6

And having done this, they caught a great multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

In Context

5And Simon responding said to Him, Master, having toiled all night, we caught nothing: but at thy word I will spread the net.

7and they beckoned to their comrades in another ship, having come to assist them, And they came, and filled both ships, so as to sink them.

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Cross References

John 21:6He says to them, Cast the net to the right side of the ship, and you will find: then they cast it, and were not able to draw it on account of the multitude of the fishes.

Acts 2:41Then indeed having received his word they were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added unto them;

1 Corinthians 15:58So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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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