8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
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Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. …
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
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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