Luke 5:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
ἵστημι
already standing
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ἵστημι
To stand, to set, to place. Histemi. Having done all stand. Stand therefore. When you have done everything else there is still this. Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
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ὄχλος
crowd
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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γίνομαι
It came to pass
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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Γεννησαρέτ
of Gennesaret
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Γεννησαρέτ
Gennesaret (i.e. Kinnereth), a lake and plain in Palestine
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ἐπίκειμαι
pressing on
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ἐπίκειμαι
to rest upon (literally or figuratively)
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λίμνη
lake
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λίμνη
a pond (large or small)
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