Matthew 4:21
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
20So they immediately left their nets and followed him.
22So they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:2Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her sons to Jesus, and bowing down she asked him for a favor.
Mark 1:19Going on a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother as they were in the boat mending their nets.
Mark 5:37From that point he did not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
John 21:2Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael (from Cana of Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two of Jesus' other disciples were together.
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 →