And saw two ships standing by the lake
Or two fishing boats; which were, as the Arabic version renders
it, "detained by anchors at the shore of the lake"; the one
belonging to Peter and Andrew, and the other to Zebedee, and his
two sons, James and John:
but the fishermen were gone out of them;
that is, either the above persons, or their servants:
and were washing their nets;
on shore; they having gathered a great deal of soil and
filthiness, but had caught no fish; and therefore were cleansing
their nets, in order to lay them up, finding it to be in vain to
make any further attempts with them at present; and which
considered, makes the following miracle the more illustrious.