Matthew 4:22
Immediately, leaving the sirah (boat) and their father, they followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. + 4:22 Mt 19:29
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his av and to his em, 1 I have not seen him; 1 neither did he acknowledge his brethren, 1 nor knew his own banim; 1 for they + 33:9 Levi'im have been shomer over Thy word, 1 and Thy Brit they have preserved. 1
Mark 1:20And ofen ort he summoned them; and, leaving Zavdai their father in the sirah with the sachirim (hired workers), they went away to follow Moshiach.
Luke 14:26If someone comes to me, and does not hate + 14:26 hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life, + 14:26 in the Olam Hazeh he is not able to be my + 14:26 Moshiachʼs talmid.
2 Corinthians 5:16From now on, therefore, we have da'as of no one from a purely human point of view; if indeed we have had da'as of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach according to the basar, we now no longer so have da'as of him,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:19-23
Christ Calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John. 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. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22… Read the whole commentary →