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LUKE 5:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 5:2Luke 5:4
“And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.”
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat — the commandeering of Simon's boat as a floating pulpit is the first interaction between Jesus and the man who will become his chief disciple. Jesus asks (ērōtēsen, requested) rather than commands — Simon's compliance with the request is his first act of responsiveness to Jesus. Teaching from the boat on the water gives Jesus both the distance to address the crowd and the acoustic advantage of the water's surface.

Church Fathers on Luke 5:3

When the Lord had performed many and various kinds of cures, the multitude began to heed neither time nor place in their desire to be healed. The evening came, they followed; a lake is before them, they still press on; as it is said, And it came to pass, as the people pressed upon him.

Ambrose · 4th century

For they clung to Him with love and admiration, and longed to keep Him with them. For who would depart while He performed such miracles? who would not be content to see only His face, and the mouth that uttered such things? Nor as performing miracles only was He an object of admiration, but His whole appearance was overflowing with grace. Therefore when He speaks, they listen to Him in silence, interrupting not the chain of His discourse; for it is said, that they might hear…

Chrysostom · 4th century

The lake of Gennesaret is said to be the same as the sea of Galilee or the sea of Tiberias; but it is called the sea of Galilee from the adjacent province, the sea of Tiberias from a neighboring city. Gennesaret, however, is the name given it from the nature of the lake itself, (which is thought from its crossing waves to raise a breeze upon itself,) being the Greek expression for “making a breeze to itself.” For the water is not steady like that of a lake, but constantly…

Bede · 8th century
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