Luke 5:11

11 And [after they] brought [their] boats to the land, they left everything [and] followed him.

Luke 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:11

And when they had brought their ships to land
Both Simon Peter's, and the other in which his partners were, and which were laden with fish:

they forsook all;
even all their fish, which they doubtless might have made much money of, and their nets, and their ships, and their servants, and their relations, and friends:

and followed him;
Christ; and became his disciples, even all four of them, Peter, Andrew, James, and John.

Luke 5:11 In-Context

9 For amazement had seized him and all those [who were] with him at the catch of fish that they had caught,

10 and so also [were] James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were business partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! From now on you will be catching people!"

11 And [after they] brought [their] boats to the land, they left everything [and] followed him.

12 And it happened that while he was in one of the towns, {there was} a man {covered with leprosy}. And [when he] saw Jesus, he fell down on [his] face [and] begged him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

13 And extending [his] hand he touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean." And immediately the leprosy went away from him.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("brought") which is understood as temporal
• [b] Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb