Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:8
Luke 5:8. Depart from me,— Peter's words on this occasion may be variously interpreted; for we may suppose that, conscious of his sinfulness, he was afraid to be in Christ's company, lest some infirmity or offence might have exposed him to more than ordinary chastisements. Compare Judges 6:22; Judges 13:22. Or, it being an opinion of the Jews, that the visits of the prophets were attended with chastisements from heaven, 1Ki 17:18 he might be struck with a panic, when he observed this proof of... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 5:15
But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.The development in view here was the pressing unto him of such vast concourses of people with their incessant demands so much that it became physically impossible for Christ to continue. The foreknowledge of such a situation might have been one of the reasons underlying his charge that the leper should "tell no man." He apparently spread the word anyway;... read more