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Selected Verse: Luke 5:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 5:4 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| for a draught--munificent recompense for the use of his boat. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Launch, out - Go out with your vessels.
Into the deep - Into the sea; at a distance from the shore.
For a draught - A draught of fish; or let down your nets for the "taking" of fish. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Launch out
Rev., put out. The singular number, addressed to Peter as master of the craft.
Let down (χαλάσατε)
The plural, addressed to the whole of the boat's crew. Originally, to slacken or loosen, as a bowstring or the reins of horses; hence to let sink as a net. Also of unbarring a door. Metaphorically, to be indulgent, to pardon. The word occurs in the New Testament seven times, and five of these in Luke. He uses it of letting down Paul in a basket at Damascus (Act 9:25); of striking a ship's sails, and of letting down a boat into the sea (Act 27:17, Act 27:30). Matthew, Mark, and John use βάλλω, or ἀμφιβάλλω, for casting a net (Mat 4:18; Mat 13:47; Mar 1:16; Joh 21:6), which appears also in the compound noun for a casting-net (ἀμφίβληστρον, see on Mat 4:18). The word used by Luke was in common use in medical writings, to denote relaxation of the limbs; loosening of bandages; abatement of sickness; letting herbs down into a vessel to be steeped. |
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.