Luke 5:10
as were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Be not afraid, from henceforth thou shalt be a captor of men.
1770 John Worsley NT
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In Context
9for he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of fishes which they had taken;
11And when they had brought their ships to land, they left all and followed Him.
Cross References
Matthew 4:19and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men:
Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and inclosed fishes of various sorts;
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him, together with her two sons, falling down before Him, and presenting a petition to Him.
Luke 5:7And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, to come and help them; and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were even sinking: and when Simon Peter saw it,
Acts 2:4and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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 →