Matthew 4:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

And Jesus, walking. (The word "Jesus" here appears not to belong to the text, but to have been introduced from those portions of it which were transcribed to be used as Church Lessons; where it was naturally introduced as a connecting word at the commencement of a Lesson.)

By the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter (for the reason mentioned in Matthew 16:18 ) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Matthew 4:18

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.