Two boats (πλοια δυο). Some MSS. have πλοιαρια, little boats, but πλοια was used of boats of various sizes, even of ships like νηε…

Two ships. The ships used on such a small lake were probably no more than fishing boats without decks, and easily drawn up on the beach. J…

Two ships.—Better, boats, or little ships, as the Greek word is a diminutive, as in John 6:23. The narrative imp…

Before folding them up, as if they intended to do nothing more with them just then, as they had been working all night in vain.

St. Ambrose of Milan: When the Lord had performed many and various kinds of cures, the crowd began to pay attention to neith…

Luke begins this story mentioning the pressure of the crowds, as he occasionally does elsewhere (8:42, 45; 19:3). Their attention is on the “word o…

And saw two ships standing by the lake
Or two fishing boats; which were, as the Arabic version renders it, "detained…

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…