Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, ‹Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsqu'il eut cessé de parler, il dit à Simon: Avance en pleine eau, et jetez vos filets pour pêcher.
KJV
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, ‹Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.›
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
he thoughts guiding people. Nets symbolize preaching. In the Gospel: "Let down the nets for a catch" Luke 5:4. Beams represent a more serious sin. In the Gospel: "First remove the beam from your own eye" Matthew 7:5. The speck represents a less serious sin. In the Gospel: "Then y…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
But the disciples gathered around Him, principally on account of His miracles: thus it is written ( Lk. 5:4 ) that He called Peter when "he was astonished at" the miracle which He had worked in "the draught of fishes." Therefore it seems that He worked other miracles before that…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)
eos. At illi continuo, relictis retibus, secuti sunt eum (ibid. 18-22; Marc. I, [Col. 0024D] 16-20; Luc. V, 2-11) . Simon interpretatur obediens, Petrus agnoscens, Andreas fortis vel virilis, Jacobus supplantator, Joannes Dei gratia. Interpretationes istae sanctis praedicatori…
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