Luke 5:2
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And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets.

washing.

Matthew 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.

Mark 1:19 And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were mending their nets in the ship:

Context
The First Disciples
1And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth, 2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:18
And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

Mark 1:16
And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea for they were fishermen.

Luke 5:1
And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,

Luke 5:3
And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.

John 1:40
And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him.

Lexicon
He saw
εἶδεν (eiden)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

two
δύο (dyo)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.

boats
πλοῖα (ploia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4143: A ship, vessel, boat. From pleo; a sailer, i.e. Vessel.

at the edge
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

of the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

lake.
λίμνην (limnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3041: A lake. Probably from limen; a pond.

The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

fishermen
ἁλιεῖς (halieis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 231: A fisherman. From hals; a sailor, i.e. a fisher.

had left
ἀποβάντες (apobantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 576: From apo and the base of basis; literally, to disembark; figuratively, to eventuate.

them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and were washing
ἔπλυνον (eplynon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4150: To wash. A prolonged form of an obsolete pluo; to 'plunge', i.e. Launder clothing.

[their]
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

nets.
δίκτυα (diktya)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1350: A fishing-net. Probably from a primary verb diko; a seine.


Additional Translations
He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

and He saw two boats lying by the lake, but the fishermen, having gone out from them, were washing the nets.

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

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

and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.

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

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

He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets)

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

and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,
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