Gregory of Nazianzus, on 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,”

“(Orat. 37.) Condescending to all, in order that He might draw forth a fish from the deep, i. e. man swimming in the everchanging scenes and bitter storms of this life.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.