8得人需要忍耐。彼得这急性的人，也许在马太十七章二十四至二十七节学会了这事。彼得急躁地答复关于基督纳殿税的事以后，主耶稣问他：“西门，你怎么看？地上的君王向谁征收关税或丁税？向自己的儿子，还是向外人？”彼得一说，向外人，耶稣就对他说，“既然如此，儿子就可以免了。”（25~26）然后主继续说，“但为免绊跌他们，你要到海边去钓鱼，拿起先钓上来的鱼，开它的口，就必找到一块钱，可以拿去给他们，作你我的殿税。”（27）彼得必须去钓鱼，并且等候一条口含一块钱的鱼出现；毫无疑问，这必使他难为。结果，彼得也许学知得人的渔夫必须有忍耐。我们若要作得人的渔夫，为着基督的扩增去得人，我们也需要忍耐。我们无法迅速得着扩增，繁增。
8To fish for men requires patience. Peter, a quick person, may have learned this in Matthew 17:24-27. After Peter gave a hasty answer concerning Christ’s paying the half-shekel, the Lord Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or poll tax, from their sons or from strangers? And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said to him, So then the sons are free” (vv. 25-26). Then the Lord went on to say, “But that we do not stumble them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And when you open its mouth, you will find a stater; take that and give it to them for Me and you” (v. 27). Peter, no doubt, was troubled that he had to go fishing and wait for a fish to appear with a stater. As a result, Peter may have learned that a fisher of men must have patience. If we would be fishers of men, gaining others for Christ’s increase, we also need patience. We cannot have the increase, the multiplication, in a quick way.