“Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch — the teaching concluded, Jesus turns from the crowd to Simon with a fishing instruction. Put out into deep water (eis to bathos, into the depth) and let down the nets: the instruction runs counter to both the time of day (nets were used at night, not during the day) and the recent failure (they had caught nothing all night). The instruction is a test and an invitation.
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