Luke 5:28

Luke 5:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
• New International Version (NIV)and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

Context of Luke 5:28

26And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day. 27And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me. And having left all, rising up, he followed him. 29And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them. 30And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax-gatherers and sinners?

Luke 5:28 word by word

καὶ καταλιπὼν πάντα ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

• leftκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
• risingἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190

Cross-references for Luke 5:28

• Luke 5:11And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.
• Luke 9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.
• 1 Kings 19:19And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing [with] twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
• Matthew 19:22But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

Commentaries on Luke 5:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28And he left all - - completely abandoning his office, and every thing connected with it. He who wishes to preach the Gospel, like the disciples of Christ, must have no earthly entanglement. If he have, his whole labor will be marred by it. The concerns of his own soul, and those of the multitudes to whom he preaches, are sufficient to engross all his attention, and to employ all his powers.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 See the notes at Matthew 9:9-13. Luke 5:29 Made him a great feast - This circumstance “Matthew,” or “Levi” as he is here called, has omitted in his own gospel. This fact shows how little inclined the evangelists are to say anything in favor of themselves or to praise themselves. True religion does not seek to commend itself, or to speak of what it does, even when it is done for the Son of God. It seeks retirement; it delights rather in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-39Verses 27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-32When Jesus called Levi to become his disciple, this led to a second conflict with the religious leaders. It also introduced the idea that Jesus came to save sinners.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 5:28

• Jesus, the Christ
• Matthew
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

• Deep
• Draught
• Follow
• Perish
• Tiling
• Toil
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• tax, tribute, taxation, taxpayer, tax collector

Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings