Luk 5:1-2 - Commentary

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Text -- Luke 5:1-2 (NET)

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The Call of the Disciples

5:1 Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God. 5:2 He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Gennesaret a town and its surrounding plain on the NW shore of Lake Galilee,a lake 21 km long and 12 km wide, in the north of Palestine

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Verse Notes / Footnotes NET Notes

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 5:1 The image of the crowd pressing around him suggests the people leaning forward to catch Jesus’ every word.

NET Notes: Luk 5:2 Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

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