Luke 5:6 NLT,NIV,ESV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:6

Their net brake - Or their net “began” to break, or was “about” to break. This is all that is implied in the Greek word. If their nets had actually “broken,” as our English word seems to suppose, the fish would have escaped; but no more is meant than that there was such a multitude of fishes that their net was “on the point” of being torn asunder. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 5:1-10

Luke 5:1-10. As the people pressed upon him, with great eagerness, to hear the word of God Insomuch that no house could contain them: they perceived Christ’s word to be the word of God, by the divine power and evidence that accompanied it, and therefore they were eager to hear it. It seems the sermons which Jesus had preached in his last tour through the country had made a great impression on the minds of the people who heard him; for they either followed him to Capernaum, or came... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 5:1-11

27. Call of Peter, Andrew, James and John (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11)From the hills of Nazareth the story moves to the fishing villages of Capernaum and Bethsaida on the northern shore of Lake Galilee. The fishermen brothers Peter and Andrew had already met Jesus and accepted him as the Messiah. So too, it seems, had another pair of fishermen brothers, James and John (see notes on John 1:35-42). Jesus now asked the four men to take the further step of leaving their occupations... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 5:6

multitude = shoal. brake = were beginning to break. Imperfect Tense. Occurances Luke 8:29 and Acts 14:14 . Elsewhere only in Matthew 26:65 .Mark 14:63 ("rent "). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:6

And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking.One cannot help agreeing with the KJV which translated "net" (singular) in the preceding verse; and, although this is contrary to the Greek, there certainly seemed to be some insufficiency in the number of nets let down, raising a question whether or not Peter had fully complied with the Lord's command to let down the nets (plural). If there was any such deficiency on the disciples' part (and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:6

Luke 5:6. And their net brake.— Διερρηγνυτο,— was breaking, or began to break. This translation is justified by the words ωστε βυθιζεσθαι αυτα, in the following verse, which without dispute is there properlyrendered so that they began to sink. Thus also Matthew 9:18. My daughter u945?ρτι ετελευτησεν, is now (almost) dead, as is evident from Mark 5:23.Luke 8:49; Luke 8:49. So likewise chap. Luk 21:26 in the original men (almost) killed through fear. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:6

6. net brake—rather "was breaking," or "beginning to break," as in :-, "beginning to sink." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 5:1-11

4. The call of Peter, James, and John 5:1-11 (cf. Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20)Luke’s account of this incident is the longest of the three. Luke stressed Peter and omitted any reference to Andrew, his brother (Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:16). He characteristically focused on single individuals that Jesus’ touched wherever possible to draw attention to Jesus. He also stressed the sovereignty and holiness of Jesus as well as these disciples’ total abandonment of their possessions to follow Jesus. Jesus... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 5:6-7

Luke first stressed the gathering of very many fish (cf. John 21:6). The details give the narrative the ring of truth. "Partners" (Gr. metochos) probably refers to partners in business (cf. Luke 5:10; Hebrews 1:9; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 12:8). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:1-39

Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The Palsied Man1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there are important considerations on the other side: (1) the persons are different (there four disciples, here Peter is addressed); (2) the words used, though similar in sense, are very different in form; (3) the disciples are not said to have ’left all’ in Mt, but only to have left their father in the... read more