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Selected Verse: Luke 5:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 5:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] saw [1492] two [1417] ships [4143] standing [2476] by [3844] the lake [3041]: but [1161] the fishermen [231] were gone [576] out of [575] them [846], and were washing [637] their nets [1350]. |
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King James |
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Two ships - The ships used on so small a lake were probably no more than fishing-boats without decks, and easily drawn up on the beach. Josephus says there were 230 of them on the lake, attended by four or five men each. That they were small is also clear from the account commonly given of them. A single large draught of fishes endangered them and came near sinking them.
Standing by the lake - Anchored by the lake, or drawn up upon the beach. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Ships (πλοῖα)
Used of vessels in general. Some texts read πλοιάρια, a diminutive form, meaning little boats.
Were washing
From the sand and pebbles accumulated during the night's work. Luke uses four different words for washing or cleansing: πλύνω, here, see also Rev 7:14; ἀπομάσσω, of wiping the dust from the feet, only at Luk 10:11; ἐκμάσσω, of the woman wiping Christ's feet with her hair, Luk 7:38, Luk 7:44; ἀπολούω, of washing away sins, Act 22:16; λούω, of washing the prisoners' stripes and the body of Dorcas, Act 16:33; Act 9:37. The reading ἀποπλύνω is rejected by the best texts, so that ἀπομάσσω is the only one peculiar to Luke. All the words were common in medical language. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Two ships - Δυο πλοια, Two vessels, It is highly improper to term these ships. They appear to have been only such small boats as are used to manage nets on flat smooth beaches: one end of the net is attached to the shore; the fishermen row out, and drop the net as they go, making a kind of semicircle from the shore; they return, and bring the rope attached to the other end with them, and then the net is hauled on shore; and, as it was sunk with weights to the bottom, and floated with corks at the top, all the fish in that compass were included, and drawn to shore. |
37 And [1161] it came to pass [1096] in [1722] those [1565] days [2250], that she was sick [770], and died [599]: whom when [1161] they [846] had washed [3068] [846], they laid [5087] her in [1722] an upper chamber [5253].
33 And [2532] he took [3880] them [846] [1722] the same [1565] hour [5610] of the night [3571], and washed [3068] their stripes [575] [4127]; and [2532] was baptized [907], he [846] and [2532] all [3956] his [846], straightway [3916].
16 And [2532] now [3568] why [5101] tarriest thou [3195]? arise [450], and be baptized [907], and [2532] wash away [628] thy [4675] sins [266], calling on [1941] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962].
44 And [2532] he turned [4762] to [4314] the woman [1135], and said [5346] unto Simon [4613], Seest thou [991] this [5026] woman [1135]? I entered [1525] into [1519] thine [4675] house [3614], thou gavest me [1325] no [3756] water [5204] for [1909] my [3450] feet [4228]: but [1161] she [3778] [846] hath washed [1026] my [3450] feet [4228] with tears [1144], and [2532] wiped [1591] them with the hairs [2359] of her [846] head [2776].
38 And [2532] stood [2476] at [3844] his [846] feet [4228] behind [3694] him weeping [2799], and began [756] to wash [1026] his [846] feet [4228] with tears [1144], and [2532] did wipe [1591] them with the hairs [2359] of her [846] head [2776], and [2532] kissed [2705] his [846] feet [4228], and [2532] anointed [218] them with the ointment [3464].
11 Even [2532] the very dust [2868] of [1537] your [5216] city [4172], which [3588] cleaveth [2853] on us [2254], we do wipe off [631] against you [5213]: notwithstanding [4133] be ye sure [1097] of this [5124], that [3754] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] is come nigh [1448] unto [1909] you [5209].
14 And [2532] I said [2046] unto him [846], Sir [2962], thou [4771] knowest [1492]. And [2532] he said [2036] to me [3427], These [3778] are they [1526] which came [2064] out of [1537] great [3173] tribulation [2347], and [2532] have washed [4150] their [846] robes [4749], and [2532] made [3021] them [4749] [846] white [3021] in [1722] the blood [129] of the Lamb [721].