Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 5:2 - 5:2

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 5:2 - 5:2


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Two boats (ploia duo). Some MSS. have ploiaria, little boats, but ploia was used of boats of various sizes, even of ships like nēes.

The fishermen (hoi haleeis). It is an old Homeric word that has come back to common use in the Koiné. It means “sea-folk” from hals, sea.

Were washing (eplunon). Imperfect active, though some MSS. have aorist eplunan. Vincent comments on Luke’s use of five verbs for washing: this one for cleaning, apomassō for wiping the dust from one’s feet (Luk 10:11), ekmassō of the sinful woman wiping Christ’s feet with her hair (Luk 7:38, Luk 7:44), apolouō of washing away sins (symbolically, of course) as in Act 22:16, and louō of washing the body of Dorcas (Act 9:37) and the stripes of the prisoners (Act 16:33). On “nets” see note on Mat 4:18 and note on Mar 1:16.