Mark 1:19

And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

In Context

18And immediately they left their nets, and went after him.

20And he called them: and immediately they left Zebedee their father in the ship, with the hired servants, and went after him.

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Cross References

Mark 3:17And to James the son of Zebedee and to John the brother of James, he gave the name of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder.

Mark 9:2And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them.

Mark 14:33And he took with him Cephas and James and John, and began to be gloomy and distressed.

Acts 12:2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:15-23

The Opening of Christ's Ministry. 14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets,… Read the whole commentary →

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