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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:4-7

Augustine of Hippo, on Luke 5:4

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Luke 5:4 · Douay-Rheims
“Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”
On this verse:
“(de Con. Ev. lib. 4. c. 6.) John seems indeed to speak of a similar miracle, but this is very different from the one he mentions. That took place after our Lord’s resurrection at the lake of Tiberias, and not only the time, but the miracle itself is very different. For in the latter the nets being let down on the right side took one hundred and fifty-three fishes, and these of large size, which it was necessary for the Evangelist to mention, because though so large the nets were not broken, and this would seem to have reference to the event which Luke relates, when from the multitude of the fishes the nets were broken.”

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