Luke 5

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

1 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,*Another name for the Sea of Galilee2 and he saw two boats there beside the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("had gotten out") has been translated as a finite verb were washing their nets. 3 And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("got") has been translated as a finite verb asked him to put out from the land a little. And he sat down and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("sat down") has been translated as a finite verb began to teach**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to teach") the crowds from the boat. 4 And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." 5 And Simon answered and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb said, "Master, although we**Here "although" is supplied as a component of the participle ("worked hard") which is understood as concessive worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets." 6 And when they**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("did") which is understood as temporal did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.**The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to tear")7 And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("come") has been translated as a finite verb help them, and they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink. 8 And when he**Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal saw it,**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation Simon Peter fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, "Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man!"*Literally "a man, a sinner"9 For amazement had seized him and all those who were with him at the catch of fish that they had caught, 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were business partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! From now on you will be catching people!" 11 And after they**Here "after" is supplied as a component of the participle ("brought") which is understood as temporal brought their*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun boats to the land, they left everything and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb followed him.