Matthew 4:21
And as he passed on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, who were mending their nets. And Jesus called them.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
20And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and went after him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:2And the names of those twelve Legates are these: The first of them, Simon who is called Cephas, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew 20:20Then came, to him the mother of Zebedee's children, she and her sons; and she worshipped him, and asked something from him.
Mark 1:19And 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.
Mark 5:37And he suffered no one to go with him, except Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James.
John 21:2There were together, Simon Cephas, and Thomas called the Twin, and Nathaniel who was of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of the disciples.
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 →