Mark 1:16-18 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

The call of the disciples; or, work and higher work. I. ORDINARY WORK OF MEN AND THE EXTRAORDINARY ARE ( HERE ) PUT IN THE SAME LINE . It is no small presumption in favor of Christ's divinity that he chose common men—workmen—for his intimate disciples. What link could there be between the transcendent task of the apostleship and that mean calling in which they were engaged? He alone saw a connection, and not a merely fanciful one. He indicated it and proceeded... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

Call of disciples. I. CALLING MEANS SEPARATION . We cannot prove any calling without separation. The merchant must separate himself from the easy-chair and the book, the student from society, the soldier from home. One main object is enough for most men. Few can properly pursue the ministry and business at the same time. II. THE CALLING IMPLIES A CALLER . Not our fancy, whim, passion, but Divine will. To some that will is made known clearly and directly; they cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

Parallel passages: Matthew 4:18-22 ; Luke 5:1-11 .— The call of the first four disciples. I. PREVIOUS AND LESS FORMAL CALL . Our Lord now calls to his side the first four disciples—Andrew and John, Peter and James. With the former pair he had already made acquaintance when they were disciples of John the Baptist. The account which St. John in his Gospel gives of the matter is complementary, and throws light on it, enabling us to understand more clearly how it was that these... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 1:16-20

See the notes at Matthew 4:18-22. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:17-20

Mark 1:17-20. Come, and I will make you fishers of men I will enable you to draw them into my true church by the net of my gospel. And straightway Upon his call; leaving their nets, they followed him From this time they forsook their employ, and constantly attended him. Happy they who follow Christ at the first call! When he had gone thence, he saw James See on Matthew 4:21. Mending their nets, which they had washed, Luke 5:2. The Greek word, καταρτιζοντας , here rendered ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

27. Call of Peter, Andrew, James and John (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11)From the hills of Nazareth the story moves to the fishing villages of Capernaum and Bethsaida on the northern shore of Lake Galilee. The fishermen brothers Peter and Andrew had already met Jesus and accepted him as the Messiah. So too, it seems, had another pair of fishermen brothers, James and John (see notes on John 1:35-42). Jesus now asked the four men to take the further step of leaving their occupations... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:16

walked = was walking. by = beside Greek. para. App-104 . Simon and Andrew. See App-141 . casting a net . The word "net "is included and implied in the Verb. All the texts omit the Noun. into = in. Greek. en , as in Mark 1:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:17

Come. This call explains Acts 1:21 , Acts 1:22 . The official mission comes liter, in Mark 3:17 , &c. to become fishers of men. The likeness is not conveyed by the Figure of speech Simile, or stated by Metaphor, but is implied by the Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. See App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:16

And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they left the nets and followed him.THE CALLING OF FOUR APOSTLESThis was not the first meeting of Jesus with these disciples; for the apostle John gives details of their first meeting in his gospel (John 1:35-51). The reference here is to a more formal... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:14-20

A. The beginning of Jesus’ ministry 1:14-20Mark introduced his readers to the message of the Servant (Mark 1:14-15) and the first disciples of the Servant (Mark 1:16-20). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 1:16-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 1:17-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 1:16-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:14-20

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