Lùjiāfúyīn 5:27

27 Zhè shì yǐhòu , Yēsū chū qù , kànjian yī ge shuìlì , míng jiào Lìwèi , zuò zaì shuì guān shang , jiù duì tā shuō , nǐ gēn cóng wǒ lái .

Lùjiāfúyīn 5:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:27

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 side; not only for retirement and recreation, after the work of the day hitherto, but in order to meet with, and call one that was to be a disciple of his:

and saw a publican named Levi
who is said to be the son of Alphaeus, ( Mark 2:14 ) and so it is said to be in Beza's ancient copy here; and who was also called Matthew, see ( Matthew 9:9 )

sitting at the receipt of custom;
at the place where custom was received, and toll taken, near the sea side, of such that went over. The Syriac and Persic versions read, "sitting among publicans", of which business he himself was; and these might be his servants under him, or partners with him; (See Gill on Mark 2:14)

and he said unto him, follow me:
of all the publicans that were there, he singled out Levi, or Matthew, and directed his discourse to him, and called him to be a follower of him: an instance of powerful, special, and distinguishing grace this; (See Gill on Matthew 9:9).

Lùjiāfúyīn 5:27 In-Context

25 Nà rén dāng zhòngrén miànqián , lìkè qǐlai , ná zhe tā tǎng wò de rùzi huí jiā qù , guī róngyào yǔ shén .

26 Zhòngrén dōu jīngqí , yĕ guī róngyào yǔ shén , bìng mǎn xīn jùpà , shuō , wǒmen jīnrì kànjian fēicháng de shì le .

27 Zhè shì yǐhòu , Yēsū chū qù , kànjian yī ge shuìlì , míng jiào Lìwèi , zuò zaì shuì guān shang , jiù duì tā shuō , nǐ gēn cóng wǒ lái .

28 Tā jiù piē Xiàsuǒyǒude , qǐlai , gēn cóng le Yēsū .

29 Lìwèi zaì zìjǐ jiā lǐ , wèi Yēsū dà bǎi yánxí . yǒu xǔduō shuìlì hé biérén , yǔ tāmen yītóng zuòxí .