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,
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Barnes' Notes
The people pressed upon his - Multitudes came to hear. There were times in the life of our Saviour when thousands were anxious to hear him, and when many, as we have no reason to doubt, became his…
Adam Clarke
The people pressed upon him - There was a glorious prospect of a plentiful harvest, but how few of these blades came to full corn in the ear! To hear with diligence and affection is well; but a…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Luk 5:1-11. The Draught of Fishes. The Calling of four Disciples
1. pressed upon him St Mark (as is his wont) uses a stronger word to express the physical inconvenience, and adds that sometimes at any…
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