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

26Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!” 27Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. 29Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. 30But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

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 5:11And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus.
• Luke 9:59He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
• 1 Kings 19:19So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away.
• Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he had many 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