Luc 5:7

7 Et comme leur filet se rompait, ils firent signe à leurs compagnons, qui étaient dans l'autre barque, de venir les aider; ils y vinrent, et ils remplirent les deux barques, tellement qu'elles s'enfonçaient.

Luc 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:7

And they beckoned unto their partners
Zebedee, and his two sons, James and John; ( Luke 5:10 ) who were at some distance from them, probably lay at anchor near the shore, not having put out to sea when the other vessel did, and so were not within call; but they were obliged to make signs to them, and beckon with their hands to come to them:

which were in the other ship;
mentioned in ( Luke 5:2 ) which lay by the shore:

that they should come and help them;
take up the net, and take the fish out of it:

and they came and filled both the ships;
with the fishes they took out of the net, as full as they could hold, and which they were not well able to carry:

so that they began to sink;
or "were almost immersed", as Beza's ancient copy, and another manuscript, with the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read; the vessels were so heavy laden, with the vast quantity of fish that was taken, that they were just ready to sink with their burden.

Luc 5:7 In-Context

5 Simon lui répondit: Maître, nous avons travaillé toute la nuit sans rien prendre; toutefois, sur ta parole, je jetterai le filet.

6 Et l'ayant fait, ils prirent une grande quantité de poissons;

7 Et comme leur filet se rompait, ils firent signe à leurs compagnons, qui étaient dans l'autre barque, de venir les aider; ils y vinrent, et ils remplirent les deux barques, tellement qu'elles s'enfonçaient.

8 Simon Pierre, ayant vu cela, se jeta aux pieds de Jésus et lui dit: Seigneur, retire-toi de moi; car je suis un homme pécheur.

9 Car la frayeur l'avait saisi, et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui, à cause de la pêche des poissons qu'ils avaient faite; de même que Jacques et Jean, fils de Zébédée, qui étaient compagnons de Simon.