Luke 5:7

So 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.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

In Context

6This they did, and enclosed a vast number of fish; and their nets began to break.

8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

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Cross References

Acts 11:25Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.

Galatians 6:2Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

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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