4/12/2024 0 Comments Fisherman bible study elijah![]() There were several problems with the suggestion:ġ) Peter’s professional experience with fishing told him that there was no chance for a successful catch during the middle of the day-out in deep water. Jesus was asking Peter, a man who had not slept all night-and now was working hard to clean the nets early in the morning-to row the boat out into the deep water, in the middle of the day, and take up the task of fishing with the nets. The Old English word draught means “something pulled or drawn”-and therefore refers to fish when they are drawn into a net. When Jesus had finished speaking to the multitude of people, He said to Peter, “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught” (verse 4)-that is, for a draft of fish. The Sea is surrounded by mountains on several sides, and thus (the high hills and the deep depression of the lake) make it subject to sudden storms. The surface of the water is more than 600 feet below sea level. ![]() It is thirteen miles long, seven miles wide, and 150 feet deep. The Sea of Galilee is shaped like a pear. It was also sometimes called the “Sea of Tiberias”-named for the city of Tiberias (which was built by Herod) along the shore of the Lake. The Sea of Galilee was named after the province of Galilee, the region where it was located. The Lake of Gennesaret was another name for the “Sea of Galilee.” Gennesaret is named after the fertile plain that lies on the northwest. He asked Peter, and perhaps Andrew (Mark 1:16 says that Andrew was also present)-to push out from the shore a little way so that He could address the crowd from the boat. The crowds were pushing in farther-and so to avoid the crush, Jesus decided to get into Peter’s boat. ![]() On this particular day, the monotony was broken by the presence of a multitude of people who had gathered to hear Jesus proclaim the Word of God (verse 1). When the nets were dry, they would be folded and put back into the boat, ready for the coming night, and for another night of fishing. They cleaned out the weeds and other debris that had tangled in the nets. At dawn, they brought their boats to the shore, ate breakfast-and under the warming sun they began the tedious task of washing and mending their nets. The group of fishermen had worked all through the night without catching any fish. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ” (Luke 5:1-3). ![]() And he entered into one of the, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. “As the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. Now, about a year later, as Jesus was ministering by the Lake of Gennesaret, it was time for Him to officially call them-and begin training them to carry on the work He had for them to do. Jesus had contact with Peter and Andrew, and James and John, early in His ministry (down in Judea), but it seems that they had returned to their business of fishing. The lesson in Luke 5 centers on the call of four fishermen to become disciples of Jesus. Jesus takes weak, sinful human beings and transforms them into useful vessels for God’s service. The disciples chosen came from various vocations in life-fishermen, tax collectors, political zealots, and other ordinary people. The Call to Fish for Men (Luke 5:10-11)Ī large section of the Gospel according to Luke tells how Jesus gathered His inner circle of disciples-men whom He gave special instruction and training, so that they might take up the work of spreading the Gospel message. ![]()
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