Luke 5 Luke 5:1–3 Christ teacheth the people out of Simon’s ship. Luke 5:4–11 The miraculous draught of fishes: Simon and the two sons of Zebedee follow him.

It is by many interpreters thought that Luke in this history, to Luke 5:11, doth but give us a larger account of what Matthew, Matt. 4:18, Mark 1:16, told us shortly.

Here is a plain and orderly story, related with many circumstances, tending to show us the power and influence of God upon men’s successes, in their honest and ordinary callings, and also that God hath a command upon the fish in the sea; together with an account of Christ’s call of Simon Peter to…

See Poole on “Matt. 8:2”, and verses following to Matt. 8:5. See Poole on “Mark 1:40”, and verses following to Mark 1:45. Matthew reports this miracle done when Christ came down from the mountain, and immediately after saith, that he entered into Capernaum, Matt. 8:5.

We meet with Christ often commending to us the duty of secret prayer, by his own example, as he had done by his precept, Matt. 6, and always choosing for it the most private and retired places, to teach us to go and to do likewise, often to pray to our Father which seeth in secret: and his example…

We shall observe that the scribes and Pharisees much haunted our Saviour wherever he came, either to cavil at him, or out of curiosity to see the miracles he wrought. It seems they were many of them present at this time. But here ariseth a question or two. 1.

See Poole on “Matt. 9:2”, and following verses to Matt. 9:8. See Poole on “Mark 2:3”, and following verses to Mark 2:12. Both those evangelists record the same story with very small alterations in the phrase, nothing in the sense.

See Poole on “Matt. 9:9”, and following verses to Matt. 9:13. See Poole on “Mark 2:14”, and following verses to Mark 2:17, both which evangelists have also recorded this call of Levi; the first calls him Matthew; Mark and Luke call him Levi.

We have also both in Matthew and Mark met with this piece of history. See Poole on “Matt. 9:14”, and following verses to Matt. 9:17; See Poole on “Mark 2:18”, and following verses to Mark 2:22. Both Matthew and Mark say, that they were the disciples of John who came, and thus said to our Saviour.