Luke 5:1-39

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:36-39

5:36-39 He spoke a parable to them like this: "Nobody puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment. If he does the new will tear it and the patch from the new will not match the old. No one puts new wine into old skins. If he does the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new skins, and no one who drinks old wine wishes for new for he says, 'The old is good.'" There is in religious people a kind of passion for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:1

And it came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him ,.... As Christ went through Galilee, and preached in the synagogues there, great crowds of people attended on him, and they followed him wherever he went; and so large were their numbers, and so very eager were they to see him, and hear him, that they were even troublesome to him, and bore hard upon him, and were ready to press him down, though they had no ill design upon him, but only to hear the word of God ; the scriptures of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:2

And saw two ships standing by the lake ,.... Or two fishing boats; which were, as the Arabic version renders it, "detained by anchors at the shore of the lake"; the one belonging to Peter and Andrew, and the other to Zebedee, and his two sons, James and John: but the fishermen were gone out of them ; that is, either the above persons, or their servants: and were washing their nets ; on shore; they having gathered a great deal of soil and filthiness, but had caught no fish; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:3

And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's ,.... Simon Peter's, and Andrew his brother's, who were both together at this time, though the last is not here mentioned: and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land : as Simon was the owner of the vessel, Christ desired him; he asked the favour of him to put off a little way from shore; though the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "he commanded him", being his Lord and master: To which the Syriac and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:4

Now when he had left speaking ,.... Teaching the people, and preaching the word of God unto them out of the ship, as they stood on the shore before him. He said unto Simon, launch out into the deep ; he spoke to Simon Peter, being the master of the vessel, to thrust it out, or put it off further into deep water, more convenient for fishing; and let down your nets for a draught ; of fishes: his meaning is, that he would give orders to his servants, to put out the vessel to sea, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:5

And Simon answering said unto him, master ,.... Or Rabbi, as the Syriac version renders it: he knew him to be the Messiah, the king of Israel, and a teacher sent from God: we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; which carries in it an objection to what Christ advised and directed to: they had been fishing that "night", which was the best time for catching fish; and they had been at it all the night, and had "laboured" hard; and were even "fatigued", and quite wearied out;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:6

And when they had done this ,.... Had put the ship out further to sea, and had let down their net: they enclosed a great multitude of fish ; in their net, which by the secret divine power of Christ, were gathered together just in that place, where by his order they cast the net: and their net brake ; with the weight and number, of the fishes, yet not so as to let the fish out; the Arabic version reads, "it was within a little that their nets were broke": they were just upon breaking,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:7

And they beckoned unto their partners ,.... Zebedee, and his two sons, James and John; Luke 5:10 who were at some distance from them, probably lay at anchor near the shore, not having put out to sea when the other vessel did, and so were not within call; but they were obliged to make signs to them, and beckon with their hands to come to them: which were in the other ship ; mentioned in Luke 5:2 which lay by the shore: that they should come and help them ; take up the net, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw it ,.... The multitude of fish that was taken, and both vessels filled with them, and the danger they were in of sinking, he fell down at Jesus' knees . The Arabic and Persic versions read, "at" his "feet": he fell on his knees before him, and threw himself prostrate at his feet, as a worshipper of him, and a supplicant unto him: saying, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord ; this he said, not as though the presence of Christ was burdensome, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:9

Far he was astonished, and all that were with him ,.... His brother Andrew, and the servants they had with them to manage the vessel, and cast the nets: at the draught of the fishes they had taken ; being so large and numerous, as the like was never seen, nor known by them before. read more

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