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LUKE 5:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 5:7Luke 5:9
“When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus's knees and said, go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man — the recognition of the miraculous produces not celebration but prostration and confession. Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man: the encounter with the genuinely holy produces the awareness of one's own unholiness — Isaiah's I am a man of unclean lips (Isaiah 6:5) and Job's my ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you (Job 42:5). The Lord title communicates genuine recognition.

Church Fathers on Luke 5:8

Peter was astonished at the divine gift, and the more he feared, the less did he now presume; as it is said, When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Bede · 8th century

For calling back to his consciousness the crimes he had committed, he is alarmed and trembles, and as being unclean, he believes it impossible he can receive Him who is clean, for he had learnt from the law to distinguish between what is defiled and holy.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

When Christ commanded to let down the nets, the multitude of the fishes taken was just as great as the Lord of the sea and land willed. For the voice of the Word is the voice of power, at whose bidding at the beginning of the world light and the other creatures came forth. At these things Peter wonders, for he was astonished, and all that were with him, &c.

Gregory of Nyssa · 4th century
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