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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:18-22

Matthew 4:18-Song of Solomon : . The Call of the First Disciples ( Mark 1:16-Proverbs : *; contrast Luke 5:1-1 Kings : and John 1:35-Colossians :). Cf. p. 665.— The account is almost identical with that in Mk., except that Mt. omits the mention of the “ hired servants” left with Zebedee. He also transfers Mk.’ s “ straightway” from the call of Jesus to the response of the brothers. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:18

Whether by the sea he here meant the lake of Gennesaret, or the ocean, is not worth the arguing, for the Jews called all great collections of waters the seas, according to Genesis 1:10. He saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, whether natural brethren, or called so because of their joint employment, casting a net into the sea, either for the catching of fish, or for the washing of their nets: see Luke 5:2. For they were fishers: sea men (as the word seems to signify)... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:19

Here was their call to the office of apostles. It is observable that God’s calls of men to places of dignity and honour, and his appearances of favour to them, have ordinarily been when they have been busied in the honest employments of their callings. Saul was seeking his father’s asses, David keeping his father’s sheep, when the Lord called them to the kingdom. The shepherds were feeding their flocks when they had the revelation of Christ. He calleth four apostles from their fishery; Amos... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 4:12-22

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 4:12. Cast into prison.—Delivered up (R.V.). Galilee = a circle or circuit originally confined to a “circle” of twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, 1 Kings 9:11 (cf. Joshua 20:7). From this small beginning the name spread to a larger district, just as the name of Asia spread from a district near the Mæander, first to the Roman Province, then to a quarter of the globe. The Jews were in a minority in those parts. The population mainly consisted of Phœnicians, Arabs, and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:18-22

Matthew 4:18-22 Jesus and the Fishermen. Observe here I. Jesus called the Galilean fishermen. There was nothing novel in the calling of men from a lowly condition to the performance of a high and holy task. The men who were to stand at the head of this great movement were men of the people, men who had not enjoyed any special privileges. It ought to be enough to establish the certainty of the heavenliness of Christ's Kingdom, that He used no artificial means in laying its foundations so firmly... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:19

Matthew 4:19 Christ's Training of the Ministers of the Word. I. Who are they that are chosen by our Lord to receive the signal benefit of training in His school? Not one of the twelve is a priest or a priest's son. There is not a man with Pharisaic relationship among them. They were all "provincials" of a very decided type, plainly as strange to the springs of metropolitan power and habit as though they had never been to the chief city of the people. In the possession of faith and hope and love... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:19-20

Matthew 4:19-20 The Attractive Force of Jesus. I. The Lord had but one method with all classes. He could only bless the rich by making them feel that a man's heart was beating, and a man's needs were crying to God, under their purple. And He had no other means of blessing the poor. It was the common humanity that He touched and drew after Him by the magnet of His attraction, and, as He drew it, the class vestments and badges were dropped and left behind in the way. II. In lower human forms this... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 4:18-22

DISCOURSE: 1287THE CALL OF FOUR APOSTLESMatthew 4:18-22. 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. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 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:... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 4:18

two brethren Peter and John were already disciples, John 1:35-42. This is a call to service. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Matthew 4:19

How To Become Fishers of Men by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And Jesus saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19 . When Christ calls us by his grace we ought not only to remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what he can make us. It is, "Follow me, and I will make you." We should repent of what we have been, but rejoice in what we may be. It is not "Follow me, because of what you are already." It is not "Follow me, because you may make... read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 4:18-22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:18

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 4:19

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 4:12-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:19

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:19-20

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 4:18-22

Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 4:18

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Matthew 4:19

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