Luke 5:6
This they did, and enclosed a vast number of fish; and their nets began to break.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
In Context
Cross References
John 21:6"Throw the net in on the right hand side," He said, "and you will find fish." So they threw the net in, and now they could scarcely drag it along for the quantity of fish.
Acts 2:41Those, therefore, who joyfully welcomed his Message were baptized; and on that one day about three thousand persons were added to them;
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless 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 →