Luke 5:1

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.

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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 saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast of it , from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, even the salt-sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Matthew 14:34And when they had gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

Mark 3:9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Mark 6:53And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there was gathered an innumerable multitude of people, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, 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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