Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 Matthew 4:18.)
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 5:10:
Proverbs 11:30
Jeremiah 5:26
Jeremiah 16:16
Matthew 4:22
Luke 5:3
John 21:11
2 Corinthians 2:14
2 Timothy 2:26
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