Luke 5:7 — Community Reflections

LUKE 5:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.”

So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink — the second boat (James and John's) is called in as emergency assistance, and both boats are filled to sinking with the catch. The filling and near-sinking of two boats communicates the complete transformation of a failed night into overwhelming abundance — the same nets and the same water have produced the opposite result at the word of Jesus.

Church Fathers on Luke 5:7

Having sufficiently taught the people, He returns again to His mighty works, and by the employment of fishing fishes for His disciples. Hence it follows, When he had left off speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

For in His condescension to men, He called the wise men by a star, the fishermen by their art of fishing.
Chrysostom · 4th century

Peter did not refuse to comply, as it follows, And Simon answering said to him, Master, we have toiled all night and have taken nothing. He did not go on to say, “I will not hearken to you, nor expose myself to additional labor,” but rather adds, Nevertheless, at your word I will let down the net. But our Lord, since he had taught the people out of the ship, left not the master of the ship without reward, but conferred on him a double kindness, giving him first a multitude of…
Theophylact · 11th century

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