Luke 5:10
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and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
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Simon, fear not--This shows how the Lord read Peter's speech. The more highly they deemed Him, ever the more grateful it was to the Redeemer's spirit. Never did they pain Him by manifesting too lofty conceptions of Him. from henceforth--marking a new stage of their connection with Christ. The last was simply, "I will make you fishers." fishers of men--"What wilt thou think, Simon, overwhelmed by this draught of fishes, when I shall bring to thy net what will beggar all this glory?" (See on Mat 4:18.)
Open source ↗In this chapter, we have, I. Christ preaching to the people out of Peter's ship, for want of a better pulpit (Luk 5:1-3). II. The recompence he made to Peter for the loan of his boat, in a miraculous draught of fishes, by which he intimated to him and his partners his design to make them, as apostles, fishers of men (Luk 5:4-11). III. His cleansing the leper (Luk 5:12-15). IV. A short account of his private devotion and public ministry (Luk 5:16, Luk 5:17). V. His cure of the man sick of the palsy (Luk 5:18-26). VI. His calling Levi the publican, and conversing with publicans on that occasion (Luk 5:27-32). VII. His justifying his disciples in not fasting so frequently as the disciples of John and the Pharisees did (Luk 5:33-39).
Open source ↗5:10 Jesus drew a spiritual analogy between fishing and seeking people for the Kingdom of God.
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“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”