Luke 5:6-11 And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.… I. It is A voice OF FATIGUE AND LASSITUDE TRYING TO STEADY ITSELF FOR FRESH EFFORT. II. IT IS THE VOICE, ALSO, OF DEFEAT AND DISAPPOINTMENT TRYING TO RALLY ITSELF FOR FRESH ENTERPRISE. III. The word "Nevertheless" introduces THE GRAND CONTRAST AND ANTITHESIS OF THE TEXT. Gather into one all the heads and threads of discourse — we are weary of the monotony of life, weary of the perpetual round of doing and being, disappointed with the result of life, with what we are to-day in Thy sight — beings occupying a point and not more, between two eternities. Nevertheless, at Thy word, because Thou speakest in our ears today and sayest, "Launch out into the deep, the inscrutable future, the future of time and of eternity"; yes, at Thy word — otherwise we were languid and depressed and disappointed and could not — at Thy word we will once again, to-day, let down the net. (Dean Vaughan.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.WEB: When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. |
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