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Four Fishermen Called as Disciples

1 So ait was, as the multitude pressed about Him to bhear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,  
2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.
3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He asat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.  
4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, a“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”  
5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught anothing; nevertheless bat Your word I will let down the net.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 5:1

The people pressed upon him - There was a glorious prospect of a plentiful harvest, but how few of these blades came to full corn in the ear! To hear with diligence and affection is well; but a preacher of the Gospel may expect that, out of crowds of hearers, only a few, comparatively, will fully receive the truth, and hold out to the end.

To hear the word of God - , The doctrine of God, or, the heavenly doctrine.

The lake of Gennesaret - Called also the sea of Galilee, Matthew 4:18, and Mark 1:16; and the sea of Tiberias, John 6:1. It was, according to Josephus, forty furlongs in breadth, and one hundred and forty in length. No synagogue could have contained the multitudes who attended our Lord' s ministry; and therefore he was obliged to preach in the open air. But this also some of the most eminent rabbins were in the habit of doing; though among some of their brethren it was not deemed reputable.


 
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