And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Ver. 5. We have toiled all night, &c.] Omnia feci, et nihil expedit, said Severus the emperor. (Spartian.) SeeHebrews 2:13; Haggai 2:6. if God stop not that hole in the bottom of the bag, all will run through.
And have taken nothing] If ministers be put so to complain, it is to be feared that Satan caught the fish ere they came to their net.