Going through the textual work, Luke is a very precise story-teller. None of Paul's long run-on sentences. None of John's nuanced grammatical choices. Just a straight-forward telling of the story, for the most part.
The Lectionary often pairs the reading of Luke 5:1-11 with these texts:
- Isaiah 6:1-8
- I Cor. 15:1-11 (Although I might alternately argue for II Cor. 12:1-10)
Anyone want to make an educated guess as to how these texts might work together?
And then there is the complicated business of a nearly identical story told in John 21:1-14. Some people argue that there were two distinct events tied together thematically. Indeed, this would explain why Peter so exuberantly identifies the mysterious man on the beach in John 21 as The Christ. He had already experienced something nearly identical. But, wonder with me, what would it mean if this was one event that John used at the conclusion of Jesus' ministry with the disciples and Luke used it to begin Jesus' ministry with the disciples? What does holding these two stories in tension with one another do to our understanding of Peter's proclamation of guilt in Luke 5, for example? What is it about this story that so perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Jesus' call to discipleship?
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