Luke 5
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Chapter 5
| 5:1 | Matthew 4:18 ; Mr 1:16. |
| 5:6 | Their net brake - Began to tear. |
| 5:8 | Depart from me, for I am a sinful man - And therefore not worthy to be in thy presence. |
| 5:11 | They forsook all and followed him - They had followed him before, 1:43 , but not so as to forsake all. Till now, they wrought at their ordinary calling. |
| 5:12 | Matthew 8:2 ; Mr 1:40. |
| 5:14 | Leviticus 14:2 . |
| 5:16 | He withdrew - The expression in the original implies, that he did so frequently. |
| 5:17 | Sitting by - As being more honourable than the bulk of the congregation, who stood. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them - To heal the sickness of their souls, as well as all bodily diseases. |
| 5:18 | Matthew 9:2 ; Mr 2:3. |
| 5:19 | Not being able to bring him in through the multitude, they went round about by a back passage, and going up the stairs on the outside, they came upon the flat - roofed house, and let him down through the trap door, such as was on the top of most of the Jewish houses: doubtless, with such circumspection as the circumstances plainly required. |
| 5:26 | We have seen strange things to. day - Sins forgiven, miracles wrought. |
| 5:27 | Matthew 9:9 ; Mr 2:14. |
| 5:28 | Leaving all - His business and gain. |
| 5:29 | And Levi made him a great entertainment - It was necessarily great, because of the great number of guests. |
| 5:33 | Make prayers - Long and solemn. Matthew 9:14 ; Mr 2:18. |
| 5:34 | Can ye make - That is, is it proper to make men fast and mourn, during a festival solemnity? |
| 5:36 | He spake also a parable - Taken from clothes and wine; therefore peculiarly proper at a feast. |
| 5:39 | And no man having drunk old wine - And beside, men are not wont to be immediately freed from old prejudices. |