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Luke 5:2

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

KJV

καὶ ἴδεν δύο πλοιάρια ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλεεῖς ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες ἔπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα.

Greek NT

Et vidit duas naves stantes secus stagnum : piscatores autem descenderant, et lavabant retia.

Vulgate

and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

ASV

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίκτυον
diktuon
noun · 12×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λίμνη
limne
noun · 11×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πλοιάριον
ploiarion
noun · 6×
πλύνω
pluno
verb · 3×
ἀποβαίνω
apobaino
verb · 4×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἁλιεύς
alieus
noun · 5×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δύο πλοῖα | Treg/NIV/RP: δύο πλοῖα | WH: πλοῖα δύο
  • δύο πλοῖαSBLGNT
  • δύο πλοῖαTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • πλοῖα δύοWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες | RP: ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν
  • ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντεςSBLGNT
  • ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔπλυνον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔπλυνον | RP: ἀπέπλυναν
  • ἔπλυνονSBLGNT
  • ἔπλυνονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπέπλυνανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 1:40 — One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
  • Mark 1:19 — And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
  • Matt 4:21 — And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.