Luke 5:2

Luke 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
• New International Version (NIV)He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He noticed two empty boats at the water’s edge, for the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

Context of Luke 5:2

1So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

Luke 5:2 word by word

καὶ εἶδεν δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην. οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες ἔπλυνον τὰ δίκτυα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• shipsπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• byπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• the lakeλίμνηlimnē · lakeG3041
• butδέde · thenG1161
• the fishermenἁλιεύςhalieus · fishermanG231
• were gone outἀποβαίνωapobainō · to get outG576
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• washingἀποπλύνωapoplunō · to wash offG637
• netsδίκτυονdiktuon · netG1350

Cross-references for Luke 5:2

• Matthew 4:21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them,
• Mark 1:19When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

Commentaries on Luke 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Two ships - , 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Two 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This is the first time Luke records Jesus calling the disciples to follow him. Matthew and Mark describe an earlier calling of the four brothers who were fishermen (Matthew 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20). Jesus showed great authority in the miraculous catch of fish and in his call of Simon Peter.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11Not their first call, however, recorded in Joh 1:35-42; nor their second, recorded in Mt 4:18-22; but their third and last before their appointment to the apostleship. That these calls were all distinct and progressive, seems quite plain. (Similar stages are observable in other eminent servants of Christ.) 3. taught ... out of the ship--(See on Mt 13:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 5:2

• Galilee
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Peter

In the dictionaries

• Deep
• Draught
• Fisher
• Follow
• Galilee, Sea of
• John
• Perish
• Tiling
• Toil
• Fishing

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