Luke 5:6

5:6 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

Luke 5:9

5:9 For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,

tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

tn In context, this imperfect verb is best taken as an ingressive imperfect (BDF §338.1).

sn An explanatory conjunction (For) makes it clear that Peter’s exclamation is the result of a surprising set of events. He speaks, but the others feel similarly.

tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

sn In the Greek text, this term is in an emphatic position.