Luke 5:10

and so were Simon's partners James and John, the sons of Zabdi.) But Jesus replied to Simon, "Fear not: from this time you shall be a catcher of men."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

In Context

9(For he was astonished and terrified--he and all his companions--at the haul of fish which they had taken;

11Then, after bringing their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Matthew 13:47"Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.

Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.

Luke 5:7So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank.

Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter.

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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