Thou shalt catch men (εση ζωγρων). Periphrastic future indicative, emphasizing the linear idea. The old verb Ζωγρεω means to catch…

Fear not. He calmed their fears. With mildness and tenderness he stilled all their troubled feelings, and to their surprise announced that…

Which were partners with Simon.—The Greek word is not the same as that in Luke 5:7; that word expresses that they were sharers in the work…

He seemed to imply that he would catch them at the same rate, too; and so he did, for the first throw of the net brought in three thousand, and ver…

The Venerable Bede: Peter was astonished by the divine gift, and the more he feared, the less he now presumed. As it is said, <…

Luke now moves quickly to three focal points in his narrative. (1) He describes the gathering of the fish. The details of the breaking nets and loa…

For afterwards thou shalt catch men. The words of Matthew are, I will make you fishers of men; and those of Mark are, I will …

And so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee
Who were in the other ship, and had been beckoned to them to com…

When Christ had finished preaching, he told Peter to attend to the work of his calling. Time spent on weekdays in public religious exercises need b…