Cast the net on the right side of the ship. — Comp. Note on Luke 5:6. Here the special direction is to cast the net on the right side. We must suppose that the net was cast on the left side, and that they think the speaker who stands on the shore sees some indication of fishes on the other side, for He is still as a stranger to them, and yet they at once obey Him.
They were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. — That is, they were not able to draw it up into the boat. In John 21:8 they are described as dragging it to the shore.