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Luke 5:6

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

KJV

καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ· διερρήσσετο δὲ τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

Et cum hoc fecissent, concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam : rumpebatur autem rete eorum.

Vulgate

And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking;

ASV

And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.

Douay-Rheims

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Symbols Fish

In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίκτυον
diktuon
noun · 12×
διαῤῥήσσω
diarresso
verb · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πλῆθος
plethos
noun · 32×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
συγκλείω
sugkleio
verb · 4×
ἰχθύς
ichthus
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: διερρήσσετο | WH/Treg/NIV: διερρήσσετο | RP: διερρήγνυτο
  • διερρήσσετοSBLGNT
  • διερρήσσετοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διερρήγνυτοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὰ δίκτυα | WH/Treg/NIV: τὰ δίκτυα | RP: τὸ δίκτυον
  • τὰ δίκτυαSBLGNT
  • τὰ δίκτυαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸ δίκτυονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210207.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
  • John 21:6 — And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
  • John 21:11 — Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
  • Mal 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a