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Luke
Chapter
5
{The
Calling of the Disciples}
5:1``And
it came to pass
{means of indicating chronological progression}
while
the people crowded up against Him {Jesus}
and
were listening to the Word of God
that
He Himself took His stand
beside
the Lake of Gennesaret
{name means 'a harp - it was called the sea of Galilee or the sea of
Tiberias. The lake was 12 by 7 miles (20 by 11 km) and 700 feet
(210 m) below the Mediterranean Sea}.
5:2``He
{Jesus} saw/perceived two boats moored by the lake,
but
the fishermen having disembarked
were
cleaning their nets.
5:3``And,
having gone on board one of the boats . . .
the
one which was Simon's . . .
He
requested him to put out a little from the land.
Then,
having sat down
He
taught the crowds from the boat.
{Note: Jesus came to the earth for many purposes of God. But one was to teach the Word to those who were positive to the teaching of bible doctrine.}
5:4``When
He had finished speaking,
He
said to Simon,
"Put
out into the deep water
and
lower your nets for a catch."
5:5``
Simon 'had an answer for Him' {apokrinomai},
"Overseer/Supervisor/Master
{epistates - a word to recognize authority at this point},
we
worked 'to the point of exhaustion' all night and caught nothing!
Nevertheless, at Your utterance {rhema}, I will lower the nets."
5:6``Then,
having done this {the lowering of the nets},
they
'shut up'/enclosed {sugkleio} a great many fish.
And their nets began to break asunder {diarrhesso}.
5:7``So
they gestured to their partners in the other boat
to
come and help them.
And
they came and filled both boats,
so
that they were about to sink.
5:8``Now
when Simon Peter saw it,
he
fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,
"Depart/Go
away from me {exerchomai - an order},
for
I keep on being a sinful {hamartolos} 'noble man' {aner},
Lord
{kurios}!"
{Note: kurios is one of the Greek words for authority - one who is in charge of the geographical area where you are, but not the ultimate ruler - that is basileia. It also means Lord and is a word for deity. This is probably the time that Peter understood exactly Who Jesus was. The author Luke is also letting us know here that the Simon here is also the man Jesus will give the name 'Peter'.}
5:9``For
Peter and all who were with him were astonished
at
the catch of fish that they had taken, 5:10``
and
so were James and John, sons of Zebedee,
who
were Simon's business partners.
Then
Jesus said to Simon,
"Do
not be afraid {an order}.
From
now on you will be
catching
men/people {anthropos - mankind}."
{Note: So here we learn that Peter, James and John were business partners before they became disciples. James and John were the sons of Zebedee (also called the 'sons of Thunder') and elsewhere we will learn their mother is Salome.}
5:11``So,
having brought their boats to shore . . .
having
left everything behind,
they
'followed as a student/disciple' {akoloutheo} Him.
{Healing
a Leper}
5:12``And
it came to pass,
while
He {Jesus} was in one of the towns,
there
came a man covered with leprosy.
Having
seen Jesus,
he
bowed down with his face to the ground and begged Him,
"Lord
{kurios - most likely indicating this man was a believer},
if
{ean} You are willing
-
maybe You are and maybe You are not willing -
You
can make me clean."
{Note: There are 4 conditional If statements in the Konia Greek. The 3rd Class condition is what we think of a real if statement in English - maybe yes, and maybe no.. It is the 'more probable' future condition. It can be identified by the Greek 'ean' plus the subjunctive case in the Protasis. This man knew Jesus COULD cure him, he was just not sure that He would cure him.)
5:13``So
Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying,
"I
am willing. Be clean."
And immediately the leprosy left him.
5:14``Then
Jesus ordered the man to tell no one.
But
"Go and show yourself to the priest,
and
make an offering for your cleansing . . .
as
Moses commanded . . . for a testimony to them."
{Note: Still the time was not right for Jesus to be revealed. But, it was time for the priests to start considering the possibility that Jesus just might be the Messiah.}
5:15``
But the news about Him went abroad even more
and
great crowds were gathering together to hear Him
and
to be healed of their illnesses.
5:16``Yet
Jesus himself was withdrawing
to
the desert/'uninhabited areas'
and
praying.
{Healing
and Forgiving a Paralytic}
5:17``And
it came to pass,
on
one of those days,
while
He {Jesus} was continually teaching {didasko},
there
were Pharisees
{Pharisaios - a religious political party who believed in the events of
the Old Testament - Saul of Tarsus was the most zealous of these
people before becoming the Apostle Paul}
and
'teachers of the law'
{nomodidaskalos - teachers of the Mosaic Law}
sitting
nearby
{most likely listening in order to criticize},
who
had come from every village of Galilee
and
Judea
and
from Jerusalem.
And
the power {dunamis} of the Lord was demonstrated there
'to
cure them'/'in the way they should have understood'
{iaomai - means to cure or to make them whole - so this could have
a double meaning - to cure the infirmed, but also to 'make whole'
these teachers of the OT if they would believe}.
5:18``
Then, behold {idou - an order - means 'Pay Attention!"},
some
men showed up,
carrying
a paralyzed man on a stretcher.
They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.
5:19``And,
having not discovered a way to carry him in . . .
because
of the crowd . . .
they
went up on the roof
and
let him down with his stretcher through the roof tiles
in
the middle {of the crowd}
before
Jesus.
5:20``
When He {Jesus} saw their faith {pistis}
He
{Jesus} said, "Man {anthropos},
your
sins are being forgiven {aphiemi} you {soi}."
{Note: Remember only God can forgive sin - and the Jewish scholars are watching!}
5:21``Then
the experts in the law and the Pharisees
began
to think to themselves,
"Who
is this man who is speaking blasphemies {blasphemia}?
Who has the power to forgive sins but God alone?"
5:22``Then
Jesus 'having accurately come to know' {epiginosko}
their
hostile/questioning thoughts {dialogismos},
had
an answer {apokrinomai} for them,
"Why
do you question
in
your hearts/'right lobes'/'mentality of the soul'?
5:23``
Which is easier to say {eukopoteros lego},
'Your
sins are forgiven you,' or to say,
'Get
up and walk'?
5:24``But,
for the purpose that
you
may know/understand
that
the 'Son of Man'
{title for humanity of Jesus as the Messiah}
has
the authority {exousia}
on
earth to forgive sins" -
He
{Jesus} said to the paralyzed man -
"I
'say to'/command you,
get
up,
take
your stretcher
and
go home."
5:25``And
Immediately {parachrema},
having
stood up before them,
took
up what he had been lying on,
and
went home . . .
having
glorified/praised God.
5:26``
Then they were seized with astonishment,
and
they kept on praising/glorifying God
and
were filled with awe/respect/fear {phobos}, saying,
"We
have seen incredible {paradoxos} things today."
{The
Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners}
5:27``And
after these things,
He
{Jesus} went out
and
saw a 'tax collector'/publican {telones} named Levi
sitting
at the tax booth {telonion}.
And
He {Jesus} said to him {Levi},
"Follow
Me as a student/disciple {akoloutheo - an order}."
5:28``
So, leaving everything behind {kataleipo}
and
rising up,
he
{Levi} followed Him as a student/disciple.
5:29``
Then Levi gave a great banquet
for
Him {Jesus} in his house.
And
there was a large crowd of tax collectors
and
'others of the same kind' {allos}
sitting
at the table with them.
5:30``But
their Pharisees and their experts in the law
'went
to grumbling in a low undertone' {gogguzo},
against
his disciples/students {mathetes}, saying,
"Why
do you eat and drink with tax collectors
and
sinners {hamartolos}?"
5:31``And
Jesus 'had an answer for them' {apokrinomai},
"Those
who are well/'sound of body' {hugiaino}
have
no need of a physician . . .
but,
in contrast {alla}
those
who are sick {need the physician}.
5:32``
I {Jesus} have absolutely not {ouk} come
to
call the righteous {dikaios} . . .
but
sinners to 'change their minds'/repentance
{metanoia - is the more emotional Greek word for change of
minds}."
{The
Superiority of the New}
5:33``
Then they said to Him,
"John's
disciples frequently fast and pray,
and
so do the disciples of the Pharisees,
but
Yours {His disciples} continue to eat and drink."
5:34-35``
So Jesus said to them,
"You
cannot make the "bridegroom's friends" fast
{idiom: literally the children (huios) of the bridal chamber (numphon)
these are the friends of the groom who take care of the wedding
details}
while
the bridegroom is with them . . . can you? 5:35``
The
days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and
then they will fast in those days."
{Note: In the day this was written, the wedding rites were different from today. The groom's family would arrange the marriage details with the family of the bride. On the day of the marriage, the groom's friends would be inside the groom's house eating and drinking. The friends of the bride would have to wait outside. The groom goes and gets the bride from her home and takes her back to his house. Then the bride's friends can come in also and they all party! Jesus is the bridegroom and the Church Age believers will be the Bride of Christ. Old Testament believers are the 'friends of the bridegroom'.}
{First
Illustration}
5:36``
He {Jesus} also told them a parable
{parabole - uses true illustrations from nature to also make a
spiritual point}:
"No
one tears a piece from a new garment
{the New Covenant - Walking in the More Excellent Way of Christ}
and
sews it on an old garment
{the Old Covenant - the Mosaic Law -
being distorted under the arrogance of some}.
If
he does, he will have torn the new
{meaning trying to distort the Mosaic Law - such as 'working for
salvation' would tear the Prototype Way demonstrated to us by
Jesus Christ},
and
the piece from the new will not match the old.
{Second
Illustration}
5:37``And
no one puts new wine
{the Higher Laws of Church Age Doctrine}
into
old wineskins {Mosaic Law}.
If
he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled,
and
the old wineskins will be destroyed.
5:38``
But, in contrast, {alla}
new
wine must be put into fresh wineskins
{the new 'mystery' Walking in the More Excellent Way of Christ}.
5:39``And
no one drinking old wine
{legalism - thinking 'morality', or 'keeping the commandments of the
Mosaic Law' or 'because I am of Abraham' . . . }
wants
the new { the More Excellent Way of Christ} . . .
for
he says, 'The old is good enough.'"
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