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

26What had happened surprised everyone. They said, ‘God is great and powerful! We have seen very strange and special things happen today.’ 27After this happened, Jesus went away from that house. He saw a man that took taxes from people. He was working in his office. His name was Levi. Jesus said to him, ‘Come with me and be my disciple.’ So Levi got up and he went with Jesus. He left everything behind. 29Soon after this, Levi made a large meal for Jesus at his house. Many people also came and they were eating with them there. Some of them took taxes from people, as Levi did. 30Some Pharisees and teachers of God's Law saw them there. So they said to Jesus' disciples, ‘You eat and drink with these bad people and with men who take taxes from people. That is not right.’

Luke 5:28 word by word

καὶ καταλιπὼν πάντα ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he leftκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
• allἅπαςhapas · allG537
• rose upἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• and followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 5:28

• Luke 5:11After that, they went and they pulled their boats up on the shore. Then they left everything behind and they went with Jesus.
• Luke 9:59Then Jesus said to another man, ‘Come with me!’ The man replied, ‘First let me go home and bury my father. Then I will come with you.’
• 1 Kings 19:19Elijah went away from Sinai. He found Shaphat's son, Elisha. Elisha was ploughing a field with 12 pairs of oxen. Elisha himself was using the 12th pair of oxen to plough. Elijah went to Elisha and he threw his robe over him.
• Matthew 19:22When the young man heard this, he went away. He was not happy. He was feeling sad because he was a very rich man.

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