In this chapter, we have, I. Christ preaching to the people out of Peter’s ship, for want of a better pulpit, Luke 5:1–3. II. The recompence he made to Peter for the loan of his boat, in a miraculous draught of fishes, by which he intimated to him and his partners his design to make them, as…

This passage of story fell, in order of time, before the two miracles we had in the close of the foregoing chapter, and is the same with that which was more briefly related by Matthew and Mark, of Christ’s calling Peter and Andrew to be fishers of men, Matt. 4:18 Mark 1:16.

Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luke 5:12–14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city ; it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist would not name it, perhaps because it was a reflection upon the government of the city that a leper was…

Here is, I. A general account of Christ’s preaching and miracles, Luke 5:17. 1. He was teaching on a certain day, not on the sabbath day, then he would have said so, but on a week-day; six days shalt thou labour, not only for the world, but for the soul, and the welfare of that.

All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ’s being sent of God…