Luke 5:4 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 5:4

When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

BSB

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ASV

And when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

KJV

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Now in a mystery, the ship of Peter, according to Matthew, is beaten about by the waves, (Matt. 8:24.) according to Luke, is filled with fishes, in order that you might understand the Church at first wavering, at last abounding. The ship is not shaken which holds Peter; that is which holds Judas. In each was Peter; but he who trusts in his own merits is disquieted by another's. Let us beware then of a traitor, lest through one we should many of us be tossed about.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Peter having attended upon Christ in his preaching, Christ will accompany him in his fishing. He staid with Christ at the shore, and now Christ will launch out with him into the deep.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We have, in these verses — the history of what is commonly called the miraculous catch of fish . It is a remarkable miracle on two accounts. For one thing, it shows us our Lord's complete dominion over the animal creation. The fish of the sea are as much obedient to His will — as the frogs, and flies, and lice, and locusts, in the plagues of Egypt. All are His servants, and all obey His commands.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὡς	Hōs	When	G5613 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐπαύσατο	epausato	He left off	G3973 →
λαλῶν	lalōn	speaking	G2980 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Σίμωνα·	Simōna	Simon;	G4613 →
ἐπανάγαγε	epanagage	do put off	G1877 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
βάθος,	bathos	deep	G899 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
χαλάσατε	chalasate	do lower	G5465 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δίκτυα	diktua	nets	G1350 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
ἄγραν.	agran	a catch.	G61 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 21:6
He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the…
leads to
- Luke 5:4–7
  When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
- Acts 2:41
  Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
- John 2:5
  His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
Through
Matthew 17:27
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:3
  We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–22
  Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9
  Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13
  Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke