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Selected Verse: Luke 5:6 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 5:6 |
King James |
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
net brake--rather "was breaking," or "beginning to break," as in Luk 5:7, "beginning to sink." |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Their net brake - Began to tear. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Their net brake - Or, began to break, διερῥηγνυτο, or, was likely to be broken. Had it broke, as our version states, they could have caught no fish. Grammarians give the following rule concerning words of this kind. Verba completiva inchoative intelligenda. Verbs which signify the accomplishment of a thing, are often to be understood as only signifying the beginning of that accomplishment. Raphelius gives some very pertinent examples of this out of Herodotus. |
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.