Matthew 4:22

and they forthwith left the vessel and their father, and went after him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

In Context

21And when he had passed thence, he saw two other brethren, Jakub-bar-Zabdai and Juchanan his brother, in a vessel with Zabdai their father, repairing their nets: and Jeshu called them;

23And Jeshu perambulated all Galila, and taught in their synagogues, and preached the announcement of the kingdom, and healed all disease and affliction in the people.

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Cross References

Mark 1:20And he called them; and forthwith they left Zabdai their father with the hirelings, and went after him.

Luke 14:26Whoever cometh with me, and doth not hate his father and his mother, and his brethren and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and himself also, a disciple he cannot be of mine.

2 Corinthians 5:16And henceforth we no man know according to the flesh; and if we have known the Meshiha according to the flesh, yet from now we know not.

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 →

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