Luke 5:3
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.
Luke 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat. |
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| WEB | He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. |
| ASV | And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes out of the boat. |
| YLT | and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat. |
| DARBY | And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship. |
| BBE | And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat. |
| Webster | And he entered into one of the boats, 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 boat. |
What does Luke 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Lu 5:1-11. Miraculous Draught of Fishes--Call of Peter, James, and John.
Not their first call, however, recorded in Joh 1:35-42; nor their second, recorded in Mt 4:18-22; but their third and last before their appointment to the apostleship. That these calls were all distinct and progressive, seems quite plain. (Similar stages are observable in other eminent servants of Christ.) 3. taught ... out of the ship--(See on Mt 13:2).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Prayed him. Asked him.
He sat down. This was the common posture of Jewish teachers. They seldom or never spoke to the people standing. Comp. Mt 5:1. It may be somewhat difficult to conceive why Jesus should go into a boat and put off from the shore in order to speak to the multitude; but it is probable that this was a small bay or cove, and that when he was in the boat, the people on the shore stood round him in the form of an amphitheatre. It is not improbable that the lake was still; that scarcely a breeze passed over it; that all was silence on the shore, and that there was nothing to disturb his voice. In such a situation he could be heard by multitudes; and no spectacle could be more sublime than that of the Son of God--the Redeemer of the world--thus speaking from the bosom of a placid lake--the emblem of the peaceful influence of his own doctrines --to the poor, the ignorant, and the attentive multitudes assembled on the shore. Oh how much more effect may we suppose the gospel would have in such circumstances, than when pro- claimed among the proud, the gay, the honoured, even when assembled in the most splendid edifice that wealth and art could finish!
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 5:1-11
When Christ had done preaching, he told Peter to apply to the business of his calling. Time spent on week days in public exercises of religion, need be but little hinderance in time, and may be great furtherance to us in temper of mind, as to our worldly business. With what cheerfulness may we go about the duties of our calling, when we have been with God, and thus have our worldly employments sanctified to us by…
Luke 5:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 5:3
- Matthew 4:18
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 13:1-2
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- John 1:41-42
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
- Mark 4:1-2
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
- John 8:2
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
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Context
- Luke 5:2
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
- Luke 5:3
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.
- Luke 5:4
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luke 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y entrado en uno de estos barcos, el cual era de Simón, le rogó que lo desviase de tierra un poco; y sentándose, enseñaba desde el barco á las gentes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et montant dans l’un des bateaux qui était à Simon, il le pria de s’éloigner un peu de terre; et, s’étant assis, il enseignait les foules de dessus le bateau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er aber stieg in eines der Schiffe, welches Simon gehörte, und bat ihn, ein wenig vom Lande hinauszufahren; und er setzte sich und lehrte die Volksmenge vom Schiffe aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ascendens autem in unam navim, quæ erat Simonis, rogavit eum a terra reducere pusillum. Et sedens docebat de navicula turbas. |