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Luke 5:27

Luke 5:27
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And after these things he went forth,.... After his discourse with the Scribes and Pharisees, and his healing of the man, sick with the palsy, he went forth from the city of Capernaum, to the sea…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Luke 5:27-32

See the notes at Mat 9:9-13. Luk 5:29 Made him a great feast - This circumstance “Matthew,” or “Levi” as he is here called, has omitted in his own gospel. This fact shows how little inclined the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 5:27-39

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Luke 5:27-39

The Call and Feast of Levi. On Fasting. The New and the Old

27. and saw Rather, He observed.

named Levi It may be regarded as certain that Levi is the same person as the Evangelist St Matthew. The…