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Luke 5:2

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And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
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  1. Mark 1:19Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

  2. Matthew 4:21Rank 2 from verse 2
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    21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

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Luke 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

standing

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Sense 1: Remaining upright, fixed, established, or in place. Sense 2: As a noun, position, continuance, or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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nets

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Sense 1: Open-meshed devices used for catching. Sense 2: By figure, snares or traps.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

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