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 Living Translation (NLT)So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.

Context of Luke 5:28

26And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!” 27After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. 29Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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 5:11So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.
• Luke 9:59Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
• 1 Kings 19:19So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
• Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great 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