5. Children (zavdia). Or, little children. Used also by John, in address, twice in the First Epistle (ii. 18, 18), where, how- ever, the more common word is texvia, little children.
Have ye any meat (ux 1 mpocpdyioy éxete)? The inter- rogative jj Te indicates that a negative answer is expected: you have not, I suppose, anything. ITIpocpdyiov is equivalent to dydpiov, what is added to bread at a meal, especially fish. See on vi. 9. Only here in the New Testament. Wyc., any
supping-thing.* 6. The net (Siervov). See on Matt. iv. 18; xiii. 47.
Were not able (ov« icxyvoay). See on Luke xiv. 30; xvi. 3; Jas. v. 16.
To draw (éActoa). Into the boat. Compare cvpovres, ver. 8, dragging the net behind the boat.
7. Fisher’s coat (ésrevdurnv). An upper garment or blouse. Only here in the New Testament. In the Septuagint, 1 Sam. xviii. 4, the robe which Jonathan gave to David. 2 Sam. xiii. 18, the royal virgin garment of Tamar. The kindred verb, érrevdvouat, occurs twice (2 Cor. v. 2, 4), meaning “to be clothed upon,” with the house which is from heaven, 2.¢., clothed as with an upper garment. See on that passage.
Naked. Not absolutely, but clothed merely in his under- garment or shirt.
8. A little ship (7@ mAovapip). The noun is diminutive. Rev., the little boat. It is hardly probable that this refers to a smaller boat accompanying the vessel. Compare the alterna- tion of mAofov and mdovdpeov in vi. 17, 19, 21, 22, 24.
Two hundred cubits. A little over a hundred yards.
* Zyes 71, have you anything, is the usual question addressed by a bystander to those employed in fishing or bird-catching. Equivalent to have you had any sport? See Aristophanes, ‘‘ Clouds,” 731.