Luke 5:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.”
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What Does Luke 5:2 Mean?
Beside the crowd lies the ordinary morning of working men. Two boats stand at the water's edge, and the fishermen — Simon and his partners, as the next verses show — are out of them, washing and mending their nets after a long night on the lake. The work has ended, and as verse five will reveal, it ended in failure.
Luke lets us see the scene before the wonder: tired men, empty boats, routine chores. These are the tools and the hours into which Jesus is about to step. The Lord does not wait for people to come to holy places; he walks down to the docks. Ordinary workplaces and weary workers are exactly where his call is heard.
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What does Luke 5:2 mean?
Jesus sees two empty boats on the shore, while the fishermen wash their nets after a night of work.