Luke 5:1

On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.

Montgomery New Testament

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

2But he saw two fishing-boats on the shore of the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:18And as he was walking by the see of Galilee, he saw two brothers- Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother-casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Matthew 14:34Then they crossed over and came to land at Gennesaret;

Mark 3:9So he directed his disciples to keep a little boat in readiness for him, because of the crowd, to prevent their crushing him.

Mark 6:53When they had crossed over they landed at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.

Luke 12:1Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is 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 →

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