“ And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. ”
Left their father - This showed how willing they were to follow Jesus. They showed us what we ought to do. If necessary, we should leave father, and mother, and every friend, Luke 14:26 . If the...
The Call of the First Disciples ( Mark 1:16-20 *; contrast Luke 5:1-11 and John 1:35-51 ). Cf. p. 665. The account is almost identical with that in Mk., except that Mt. omits the mention of t...
Matthew 4:22 . And they immediately left the ship. The first thing that strikes us here is the power of Christ’s voice. Not that his voice alone makes so powerful an impression on the hea...
DISCOURSE: 1287 THE CALL OF FOUR APOSTLES Matthew 4:18-22 . And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: f...
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Left the ship and their father - By the ship, το πλοιον, we are to understand the mere fishing-boat, used for extending their ne...
Ship— Bark, or boat.
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. And they immediately left the ship and their father. Mark adds an important clause: "They left their father Zebedee in t...
The Temptation 1-11. The temptation ( Mark 1:12 ; Luke 4:1 ). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He...
Left the ship and their father. — St. Mark adds, with the hired servants,” a fact of interest as showing that the sons of Zebedee were probably, in some measure, of better means and higher social s...
Chapter 6 Beginning of His Galilean Ministry - Matthew 4:12-25 . DID our Lord's ministry begin in Galilee? If so, why did He not Himself set the example of "beginning at Jerusalem?" As a matter...
Opening Works of Mercy and Power Matthew 4:18-25 We must read the first chapter of John into the opening paragraph. Already the Lord had met with these first disciples in the Jordan valley; but...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodn...
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. I pray the Reader not to overlook the sovereignty of the LORD's call. What a marvellous light, and what a marvellous power must...
CHRIST’S CALL OBEYED ‘He called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed Him.’ Matthew 4:21-22 Whom did He call? The text refers to St. John and St. James....
And they immediately left the ship ,.... More is expressed here than before, for they not only left their nets, but their ship too; which was of much more value; nay, even "their father" also, "with...
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Ver. 22. And they immediately left the ship and their father ] These were wise merchants that parted with all to purchase th...
Going on from thence Mark says, A little further thence, He saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother The reader will observe, there was another James, the son of Alp...
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sa...
Christ Calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John. 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and...
There was another James, Matthew 10:3 , the son of Alpheus, called James the less, brother of Joses and Salome, Mark 15:40 . This was James the son of Zebedee, and John, who is thought to be...
The Light Commences To Shine, And The Messiah Prepares For World Conquest Through the Word (4:12-22). Having determined His future course Jesus wastes no time in putting it into effect. But the de...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 4:12 . Cast into prison. — Delivered up (R.V.). Galilee = a circle or circuit originally confined to a “circle” of twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, 1 Kings 9:1...
Matthew 4:18-22 Jesus and the Fishermen. Observe here I. Jesus called the Galilean fishermen. There was nothing novel in the calling of men from a lowly condition to the performance of a high an...
4:12. Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; Notice that there were at that time only two great ministers of God, John the Baptist, he must go to pris...
Matthew 4:1 . Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit, υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. Led into the wilderness, where he...
EXPOSITION Matthew 4:1-40 THE TEMPTATION . The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates...
Others joined them on the same day:
2 Corinthians 5:16 ; Deuteronomy 33:10 ; Deuteronomy 33:9 ; Luke 14:26 ; Luke 14:33 ; Luke 9:59 ; Luke 9:60 ; Mark 1:20 ; Matthew 10:37
The First Disciples Matthew 4:13-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to speak on the wonderful privileges which belong to saints, called into comradeship with God. Where is the man...