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LUKE

CHAPTER 5

Lk 5:1-11

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, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

5:4 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 have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 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 which they had taken:

5:10 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. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. KJV

LOOKING BACK

When John the Baptist was standing accompanied by two of his disciples, Jesus again walked by, and John, fixing upon Jesus with his intense and earnest gaze, exclaimed again, and though with an involuntary awe and admiration, “Behold the Lamb of God!” These words were just to remarkable to be neglected, and when the two Galilean youths had heard them, they then begin to follow this retreating figure of Jesus. He caught the sound of their timid footsteps, and turning round to look at them as they came near, He gently asked, “What seek you?”

This was the very beginning of His ministry: as yet they could not know Jesus for all that He was; yet they had as yet heard the gracious words that would proceed from His lips. It was more than these two Galilean youths could answer at this time, “Rabbi,” they said, “where are you staying?” Perhaps it was in the temporary Succoth, or booths that many made to live in while hearing the teaching of John. Jesus answered them, “Come and see.” The two young men came and saw where Jesus dwelt, and as it was then about four in the afternoon [remembering that the 10th hour counting from six in the morning].

So they stayed there that day, and even probably slept there that night; and before they even laid down to sleep, they knew in the hearts that the Messiah had come and the kingdom of heaven was here and all the hopes of the long centuries was now to be fulfilled, for they were in the presence of Him who was the desire of all nations, the Priest that was greater than Aaron, and the Prophet that was greater than Moses, and the King who was greater than David, this was the true Star of Jacob and Scepter of Israel. Of course in that day, they looked for a Messiah who would overthrow the Roman Empire and make the nation of Israel the ruler of the world as was recorded in the prophets [See Ezekiel 38, 39 which speaks of the restoration of the Nation and the destruction of the nations that come against Israel and then begins Ezekiel 40-48 the Millennial Kingdom of God.].

One of the two youths was Andrew; the other suppressed his own name because he was the narrator, the beloved disciple, the Evangelist John. It was the desire of Andrew to find his brother Simon, and tell him of this great find. The story stops here and is continued later on. Paul the Learner

CHAPTER FIVE

5:1 Lake Kinneret. The Sea of Galilee (see Mt 4:18 N).

5:5 Rabbi, Greek epistates, “overseer, superintendent, taskmaster, inspector, leader, chief”; by etymology it means “one who stands over”; most English versions render it “master.” According to Oepke in Kittel, ed., Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Volume 2, pp. 622-623), the word, used in the New Testament only by Luke (here, 8:24, 45; 9:33, 49, 17:13) translates Hebrew “rabbi,” which the other synoptic writers transliterate.

5:8 In vv. 3-5 Luke called him merely Shim‘on, but here he pointedly notes that Shim‘on Kefa (Shim‘on the Rock; Mt 4:18 N, 16:18&N) fell at Yeshua's Jesus knees. Catch the irony.

Luke 5

THE DIFFERENCE JESUS MAKES

Jesus was concerned about individuals. He preached to great crowds, but His message was always to the individual; and He took time to help people personally. His purpose was to transform them and then send them out to share His message of forgiveness with others. Luke describes in this chapter our Lord's meetings with four individuals and the changes they experienced because they trusted Him.

Luke 5:1-11

From Failure to Success (Luke 5:1-11)

This event is not parallel to the one described in Mt 4:18-22 and Mk 1:16-20. In those accounts, Peter and Andrew were busy fishing, but in this account they had fished all night and caught nothing and were washing their nets. (If nets are not washed and stretched out to dry, they rot and break.) Jesus had enlisted Peter, Andrew, James, and John earlier, and they had traveled with Him in Capernaum and Galilee (Mk 1:21-39), but then they went back to their trade. Now He would call them to a life of full-time discipleship.

It is possible that at least seven of the disciples were fishermen (Jn 21:1-3). Consider the fact that fishermen generally have the qualities that make for success in serving the Lord. It takes courage and daring, patience and determination to work on the seas; and it also takes a great deal of faith. Fishermen must be willing to work together (they used nets, not hooks) and help one another. They must develop the skills necessary to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

If I had fished all night and caught nothing, I would probably be selling my nets, not washing them to get ready to go out again! But true fishermen don't quit. Peter kept on working while Jesus used his ship as a platform from which to address the huge crowd on the shore. "Every pulpit is a fishing boat," said Dr. J. Vernon McGee, "a place to give out the Word of God and attempt to catch fish."

But there was another side to this request:

Peter was a "captive audience" as he sat in the slip listening to the Word of God. "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom. 10:17, NKJV). In a short time, Peter would have to exercise faith, and Jesus was preparing him. First He said, "Thrust out a little"; and then, when Peter was ready, He commanded, "Launch out into the deep." If Peter had not obeyed the first seemingly insignificant command, he would never have participated in a miracle.

CHAPER FIVE

Luke 5:1-11

Peter must have been surprised when Jesus took command of the slip and its crew. After all, Jesus was a carpenter by trade (Mk 6:3), and what do carpenters know about fishing? It was a well-known fact that, in the Sea of Galilee, you caught fish at night in the shallow water, not in the daytime in the deep water. What Jesus asked Peter to do was contrary to all of his training and experience, but Peter obeyed. The key was his faith in the Word of God: "Nevertheless, at Thy word" (Lk 5:5).

The word translated "Master" (Lk 5:5) is used only by Luke and it has a variety of meanings, all of which speak of authority - chief commander, magistrate, governor of a city, and president of a college. Peter was willing to submit to the authority of Jesus, even though he did not understand all that the Lord was doing. And remember a great crowd was watching from the shore.

How people respond to success is one indication of their true character. Instead of claming the valuable catch for themselves, Peter and Andrew called their partners to share it. We are not reservoirs, but channels of blessing, to share with others what God has graciously given to us.

Note: 5:5 Master Luke uses the Greek word Epistates which implies knowledge and even greater authority that the word Rabbi or Teacher. This word occurs seven times (Luke 5:5; 8:24, 24, 45; 9:33, 49; 17:13, and nowhere else).

Also the words of Peter Luke 5:8 ‘I am a sinful man.’ We find that true conviction has regard to what one is, and not to what one has done. Compare Manoah (Judges 13:22), and Israel (Exodus 20:19), the men of Beth-Shemesh (1 Samuel 6:20), David (2 Samuel 12:13), Job (Job 40:4; 42:2-6), Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5). Also

Note if you will Peter using the word ‘Lord [Kurie supreme authority] and not the name Yeshua [Jesus].

Paul the Learner

Now Jesus will give Simon a new name. “Thou art Simon, the Son of Jona; thou shalt be called Kephas Peter;” that is, “Thou art Simon, the son of the dove; hereafter you shall be as the rock in which the dove hides or possibly, “Thou art a son of Weakness, but shall become a Rock. Unfortunately, however, there is no sufficient authority for giving this last meaning any correct interpretation of the text. Frederic W. Farrar

Lk 5:12-16

5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

KJV

CHAPTER FIVE

5:12-16 LEPER

It has left the Israelites for other races in modern times. Nega'tsara'ath means a plague or stroke of leprosy (Septuagint), rather elephantiasis. An animal poison in the blood ferments there and affects the skin, depositing an aluminous substance, and destroying the sensation of the nerves. The tuberculated form is the common one, inflaming the skin, distorting the face and joints, causing the hair of the head or eyebrows to fall off or else turn white (Lev 13:3-6), and encrusting the person with ulcerous tubercles with livid patches of surface between.

Separation of lepers from society has been common in all countries, partly from the dread of contagion, and also among the Israelites from the conviction that it was the special visitation of God. It was generally hereditary (compare 2 Sam. 3:29, "let there not fail from the house of Joab ... a leper"). Lepers associated together without the camp, as they still do (2 Kings 7:3; Lk 17:12).

A habitation was provided for them outside Jerusalem, upon the hill Gareb, as the name implies "the hill of scraping" or leprosy (Jer 31:40; Job 2:8); it (more recently called Bezetha), Goath ("the hill of the dead"), and Tophet ("the valley of corpses") were the three defiled spots which Jeremiah foretold should be included in the restored city. Segregation wisely checked extension of leprosy, by preventing intermarriage of lepers with the sound.

Spiritually, leprosy typified sin, and its treatment represented the separation which sin makes between sinners and saints. The law is the inspired interpreter of nature's truths. The leper was a "walking tomb," "a parable of death," and of sin "the wages of which is death." Hence he had to wear the badges of mourning, a covering upon his upper lip, and was regarded "as one dead" (Lev 13:45; Num. 12:12). He was to cry, Unclean, unclean, to warn all not to defile themselves by approaching him.

The minister of God was publicly to witness to the leper's cure by performing certain prescribed rites and so admitting him to communion again with his fellows (Lev 14:9-20). Christ proved His divine mission by healing lepers, and at the same time commanded them to go to the priest to "offer for cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them" (Mt 11:5; Mk 1:44).

Note: Luke being a Physician uses a lot of medical terms, like here ‘full of leprosy.’ The word “full’ pleerees NT 4134 Strong’s Concordance full or covered over. Paul the Learner

Luke 5:12-16

From Sickness to Health (Lk 5:12-16) Here was a man who needed to be changed, for he was a leper. Among the Jews, several skin diseases were classified as leprosy, including our modern Hansen's disease. In spite of modern medical advances, an estimated 10 million people around the world have leprosy. One form of leprosy attacks the nerves so that the victim cannot feel pain. Infection easily sets in, and this leads to degeneration of the tissues. The limb becomes deformed and eventually falls off.