1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
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Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. …
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. …
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)This passage of story fell, in order of time, before the two miracles we had in the close of the foregoing chapter, and is the same with that which was more briefly related by Matthew and Mark, of Christ’s calling Peter and Andrew to be fishers of men , Matt. 4:18 ; Mark 1:16 . They had not related this miraculous draught of fishes at that time, having only in view the calling of his disciples; bu…
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