Luke 5:4

4 ut cessavit autem loqui dixit ad Simonem duc in altum et laxate retia vestra in capturam

Luke 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:4

Now when he had left speaking
Teaching the people, and preaching the word of God unto them out of the ship, as they stood on the shore before him.

He said unto Simon, launch out into the deep;
he spoke to Simon Peter, being the master of the vessel, to thrust it out, or put it off further into deep water, more convenient for fishing;

and let down your nets for a draught;
of fishes: his meaning is, that he would give orders to his servants, to put out the vessel to sea, to take their nets and cast them into the sea, in order to take and draw up a quantity of fish, which was their business.

Luke 5:4 In-Context

2 et vidit duas naves stantes secus stagnum piscatores autem descenderant et lavabant retia

3 ascendens autem in unam navem quae erat Simonis rogavit eum a terra reducere pusillum et sedens docebat de navicula turbas

4 ut cessavit autem loqui dixit ad Simonem duc in altum et laxate retia vestra in capturam

5 et respondens Simon dixit illi praeceptor per totam noctem laborantes nihil cepimus in verbo autem tuo laxabo rete

6 et cum hoc fecissent concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam rumpebatur autem rete eorum