Mark 1:19-20 NIV

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

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

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 1:19

a little farther. A Divine supplement, here. thence. Omitted by [L] T Tr. A WH R. James . . . John. See App-141 . Zebedee. Aramaic. App-94 . mending. See note on Matthew 4:21 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:20

He called . See note on "Come" (Mark 1:17 ). ship = boat. with the hired servants . A Divine supplement in Mark. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:19

And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets. And straightway he called them: and they left their father in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.These brothers also were among those whose first meeting with Jesus was recorded by John; and it is true of them, as of Peter and Andrew, that this was a formal call to the apostleship, significantly afterward. Their response, like that of the others, was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 1:19-20

Mark 1:19-20. Ship— Boat. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:16-20

2. The first disciples of the Servant 1:16-20 (cf. Matthew 4:16-22; Luke 5:1-11)The account of the calling of these first disciples clarifies that repenting and believing the gospel (Mark 1:15) should result in abandoning one’s former life to follow Jesus from then on. This is the appropriate response that Mark commended to his readers with these disciples’ example. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:19-20

Jesus then issued the same call to two similar brothers with the same response. All four men were evidently partners in the fishing business (cf. Luke 5:7; Luke 5:10). James and John had also come to believe that Jesus was the Messiah (John 1:35-42). Mark recorded more about their decision to follow Jesus than he did about Simon and Andrew’s. James (Jacob in Hebrew) and John broke family ties to follow Jesus. The mention of hired men suggests that Zebedee owned a prosperous business that James... read more

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 1:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 1:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 1:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 1:19-20

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:16-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 1:19-20

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