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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 5:10

Catch men] lit. 'catch them alive.' The apostles are to catch men for life, not for death, by means of their preaching. In the works of Clement of Alexandria, 200 a.d., there is a beautiful hymn to Christ as the fisher:

'Fisher of mortal men, Even of those that are being saved.
Ever the holy fish From the wild ocean Of the world's sea of sin By thy sweet life thou enticest away.'

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See also Luke 5:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 5:10. _THOU SHALT CATCH MEN._] ανθρωπους εση ζωγρων, _Thou_ _shalt catch men alive_; this is the proper signification of the word. _Fear not_: these discoveries of God tend to _life_, not...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FEAR NOT - He calmed their fears. With mildness and tenderness he stilled all their troubled feelings, and to their surprise announced that henceforward they should be appointed as heralds of salvatio...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES (_cf._ Mark 1:16 *, Matthew 4:18 *). The eager crowds that attend Jesus show His need of assistants. The simpler story of Mk. and Mt. is here replaced by one which intr...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus was standing on the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret while the crowds pressed in upon him to listen to the word of God. He saw two boats riding close to the shore. the fishermen had disembarked f...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALSO JAMES. James also. ZEBEDEE. Aramaean. App-94. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. CATCH. be capturing (alive), used of taking captives. Greek. _zogreo._ Occurs only here, and 2 Timothy 2:26. MEN. App-...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _partners_ Here _koinonoi_, -associates" in profits, &c. _Fear not_ Accordingly, on another occasion, when Peter sees Jesus walking on the sea, so far from crying _Depart from me_, he cries "Lord, if...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΚΟΙΝΩΝΟΊ, ‘associates’ in profits, &c. comp. Luke 5:7. ΜῊ ΦΟΒΟῪ. Accordingly, on another occasion, when Peter sees Jesus walking on the sea, so far from crying _Depart from me_, he cries “Lord, if it...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Luke 5:1-11. THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE CALLING OF FOUR DISCIPLES...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 8. WHEN SIMON PETER SAW IT, HE FELL DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES, SAYING, DEPART FROM ME; FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN, O LORD. 9. FOR HE WAS ASTONISHED, AND ALL THAT WERE WITH HIM, AT THE DRAUGHT OF THE FISHES...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΚΟΙΝΩΝΌΣ (G2844) партнер, напарник, товарищ, тот, кто имеет нечто общее, более сильный термин, чем используемый в ст. 7. Указывает на содружество людей с общими целями (Godet; TDNT; NIDNTT; MNTW). ΦΟ...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1490 THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES Luke 5:8. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were w...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOU SHALT CATCH MEN.— _Thou shalt captivate,_ or _take alive._ The exact meaning of the word ζωγρων. See 2 Timothy 2:26 in the margin. To _catch,_ implies something more of artifice than the word car...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Challenging Men (Luke 5:1-11) 5 While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2And he saw two boats by the lake; b...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, In our exposition of Matthew 4:18, we have shown, as it appears to us, that th...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:10 partners (c-15) _ Metochos_ , ver. 7; _ koinonos_ , ver. 10. see Notes, Hebrews 2:14 ....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    V. (1-11) AND IT CAME TO PASS... — See Notes on Matthew 4:18. The narrative here has so many points in common with that in St. Matthew and St. Mark (Mark 1:16) that it has been supposed by most commen...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHICH WERE PARTNERS WITH SIMON. — The Greek word is not the same as that in Luke 5:7; that expressing that they were sharers in the work, this a more general partnership in business, as in Philemon 1:...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 10 THE CALLING OF THE FOUR. WHEN Peter and his companions had the interview with Jesus by the Jordan, and were summoned to follow Him, it was the designation, rather than the appointment, to...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The call of Peter_. This narrative, brought in later than the corresponding one in Mk., assumes larger dimensions and an altered character. Peter comes to the front, and the other three named in Mk.,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην, dependent on περιέσχεν : fear encompassed them also, not less than Peter and the rest. This special mention of them is not explained, unless inferentially in what follows. μὴ φοβο...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Sequel of the miracle_....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NEW CATCHERS OF MEN Luke 5:1-11 Not their first call, recorded in John 1:35-42, but another which preceded their appointment to the apostolate. The Lord always supersedes us. He superseded Peter in...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Jesus Christ answers the thought of St. Peter, that instead of any loss or evil coming to him, he should, on the contrary, receive a great reward, by being appointed a fisher of men; and, as he had ta...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 12 THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES Luke 5:1-11. “And it came to pass, while the multitudes were pressing on Him to hear the word of God, and He was standing near the Lake Genesareth [i.e., t...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    VERS. 10B, 11. _The Call._ In Matthew and Mark the call is addressed to the four disciples present; in Luke, in express terms, to Peter only. It results, doubtless, from what follows that the call of...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _a.The Preparation._ In the imperative, _launch out_ (Luke 5:4), Jesus speaks solely to Peter, as director of the embarkation; the order, _let down_, is addressed to all. Peter, the head of the prese...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    SECOND CYCLE: FROM THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES TO THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE, LUKE 5:1 TO LUKE 6:11. Up to this time Jesus has been preaching, accompanied by a few friends, but without forming about...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    1. _The Call of the Disciples_: Luke 5:1-11. The companions of Jesus, in the preceding scene, have not yet been named by Luke (_they_ besought Him, Luke 4:38; she ministered unto _them_, Luke 4:39). A...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. (5) And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE FUNCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MIRACLE_ ‘Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.’ Luke 5:10 In considering this narrative there are two subjects on which we may dwell; first, the general...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:10._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 cause that you may become fishers of men. _They teach us, th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SO WAS ALSO JAMES AND JOHN, THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE,.... Who were in the other ship, and had been beckoned to them to come and help them, and did come, and were witnesses of the miracle: WHICH WERE P...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And so _was_ also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. Ver. 10. _Thou shalt catch men_] _Se...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As the people pressed upon him_, with great eagerness, _to hear the word of God_ Insomuch that no house could contain them: they perceived Christ's word to be the _word of God_, by the divine power a...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    CATCH MEN; by proclaiming to them the gospel, and thus bringing them from the service of Satan to the service of Christ....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The call of Simon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND SO WAS ALSO JAMES AND JOHN, THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE, WHICH WERE PARTNERS WITH SIMON. AND JESUS SAID UNTO SIMON, FEAR NOT; FROM HENCEFORTH THOU SHALT CATCH MEN....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 When Christ had done preaching, he told Peter to apply to the business of his calling. Time spent on week days in public exercises of religion, need be but little hinderance in time, and may be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 5:3...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian On Idolatry and handicrafts, and trades, are to be quite left behind for the Lord's sake; while James and John, called by the Lord, do leave quite behind both father and ship;[88]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 5:10 and G1161 so G3668 also G2532 James G2385 and G2532 John G2491 sons G5207 Zebedee G2199 who...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS REVEALS HIS AUTHORITY OVER BOTH FISH AND FISHERMEN AND CALLS THE FISHERMEN TO FISH MEN (5:1-11) . The first incident in which Jesus' Messianic authority is revealed is in the calling of fisherme...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken, and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.' Luke then explains th...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be overawed, from now on you will be taking men alive.” ' And Jesus then gently said to Simon Peter. “Do not be overawed, from now on you will be taking men alive.” I...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    TIME. The miraculous draught of fishes took place shortly after the rejection at Nazareth, but _before_ the healing of Simon's mother-in-law (chap. Luke 4:38-39); for at that time these four fishermen...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THOU SHALT CATCH MEN (εση ζωγρων). Periphrastic future indicative, emphasizing the linear idea. The old verb Ζωγρεω means to catch alive, not to kill. So then Peter is to be a catcher of men, not of...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:1 Fishers of Men. I. This passage reminds us that discipleship comes before apostleship. Peter had been, for at least some months, a docile learner in the school of Christ before he was calle...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    JESUS SAID TO SIMON. He speaks to Simon, but he intends this for the others also (Matthew 4:19)....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men_ FISHING FOR MEN To be good fishermen we must be-- I. ARDENTLY ENAMOURED OF THE FISHING. II. INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH THE FISHES. In following the...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE SKILLFUL ANGLER They set a trap, they catch men. Jeremiah 5:26. Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. Luke 5:10. There is an unusual fish which inhabits the waters near our coasts. It...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:10 DO NOT BE AFRAID. See Luke 1:13. CATCHING MEN builds on the analogy of catching fish. It means bringing people into the kingdom

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:1. TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.—“His preaching in the synagogues had excited so much attention that the people followed Him to the shore of the lake to hear Him” (_Speaker’s Comme...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 8:23; Acts 2:4; Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:9; Luke 6:14;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Partners [κ ο ι ν ω ν ο ι]. In verse 7 the word rendered partners is metocoi; from meta, with, and ecw, to have. The word here denotes a closer association, a common interest. The kindred noun, koinwn...

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