Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:5 (from his Commentary on Luke)

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Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107

“Peter did not refuse to comply, as it follows, And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all night and have taken nothing. He did not go on to say, "I will not hearken to thee, nor expose myself to additional labour," but rather adds, Nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:5 (from his Commentary on Luke) PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:5 (from his Commentary on Luke)

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