Luke 5:4-7
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[4] When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch." [5] Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net." [6] When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. [7] They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageThe Lake of Gennesaret, another name for the Sea of Galilee, lay in Galilee, where Jesus taught and called fishermen such as Simon. Jerusalem and Judea are not mentioned in these verses; the scene’s local setting highlights Jesus
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Luke 5:4-7 mentions Galilee, Gennesaret, Jerusalem and Judea.
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