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Luke 5:4

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

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Patristic before A.D. 750

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397 A.D. 390

“Lastly, though to others it is commanded, Let down your nets, to Peter alone it is said, Launch out into the deep, i. e. into deep researches. What is so deep, as the knowledge of the Son of God!”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:4 (from his Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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Cyril of Alexandria · A.D. 376–444 A.D. 430

“Having sufficiently taught the people, He returns again to His mighty works, and by the employment of fishing fishes for His disciples.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:4 (from his Commentary on Luke) PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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