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The First Disciples

Luke 5:2

In 9 translations

BSB
He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
KJV
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
WEB
He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
ASV
and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
LSV
and He saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,
YLT
and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,
DBY
and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.
DRC
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
GNV
And sawe two shippes stand by the lakes side, but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nettes.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔπλυνον (“were washing”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀπέπλυναν (“washed”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Word order: Westcott–Hort place δύο elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of ἁλιεῖς: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: ἁλεεῖς.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀποβάντες elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: δύο πλοῖα. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read δύο πλοῖα; Westcott and Hort (1881) read πλοῖα δύο.
  • SBLGNT: ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀποβάντες ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.
  • SBLGNT: ἔπλυνον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔπλυνον; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀπέπλυναν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ εἶδεν δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην, οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες ἔπλυνον τὰ δίκτυα.
RP2018
καὶ εἶδεν δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα.
TR-Boyd
καὶ εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα.
SCR1894
και ειδεν δυο πλοια εστωτα παρα την λιμνην οι δε αλιεις αποβαντες απ αυτων απεπλυναν τα δικτυα

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◆ Fishers of Men

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 1:19Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
  • Matthew 4:21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

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