προβάς aor. act. part. (temp.) от προβαίνω (G4260) идти, идти вперед,
έκείθεν (G1564) оттуда,
είδεν aor. ind. act. от όράω (G3708).
καταρτίζοντας praes. act. part. от καταρτίζω (G2675) делать пригодным, оснащать для работы, выполнения назначения (McNeile).
έκάλεσεν aor. ind. act. от каλέω (G2564) звать, призывать.
AND GOING ON FROM THENCE - From the place where he had found Peter and Andrew, Matthew 4:18. SAW TWO OTHER BROTHERS - They were men engaged in the same employment, as it is probable that there were m...
4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY. _ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew 4:23 .)_ CHAP...
THE CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES (Mark 1:16 *; contrast Luke 5:1 and John 1:35). _Cf._ p. 665. The account is almost identical with that in Mk., except that Mt. omits the mention of the hired servants...
JAMES THE SON OF ZEBEDEE. James (same as Jacob). He was. son of Zebedee; his mother's name was Salome. Compare Matthew 27:56, with Mark 15:40. He probably resided at Bethsaida; joined Jesus, with his...
While he was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew. his brother, casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen. He said to them 'Foll...
THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11) Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least by implication, that Jes...
OTHER. Greek. _allos._ App-124. JAMES... JOHN. See App-141. ZEBEDEE. Aramaean. See App-94. A. the. These calls were to discipleship, not apostleship. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. MENDING. settin...
The Call of Peter and Andrew and of the sons of Zebedee. See Mark 1:16-20 In Luke Simon is mentioned without any introduction, ch. Luke 4:38. The narrative of Luke 5:3-11 must be referred to a differ...
THE CALL OF PETER AND ANDREW AND OF THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE See Mark 1:16-20. In Luke, Simon is mentioned without any introduction, ch. Luke 4:38. The narrative of Luke 5:3-11 must be referred to a diffe...
Ver 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 M...
_JESUS WAS A CALLING SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:18-22:_ Jesus called four fishermen to follow Him. They were Peter, Andrew, James and John. His call was simple -- “follow me.” The purpose of the call to the apo...
DISCOURSE: 1287 THE CALL OF FOUR APOSTLES Matthew 4:18. 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 we...
SHIP— _Bark,_ or _boat._...
CHAPTER FOUR Section 9. JESUS CALLS FOUR FISHERMEN (Parallels: Mark 1:16-21; Luke 5:1-11) TEXT: 4:18-22 18. And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and And...
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. AND GOING ON FROM T...
18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42. 21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11. 23 See Mar_1:21-39. 25 Compare Mar_3:7-8. 1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23. 1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
4:21 the (c-20) It is well to notice here an habitual use of the article. It is a known rule that contrast, and hence one part of a thing as contradistinguished from another, has the article. This is...
CALL OF SIMON, ANDREW, JAMES, AND JOHN (Mark 1:16 cp. Luke 5:1). Simon, Andrew, and John had already been disciples for some time, and so probably had James: see John 1:35. The call was therefore not...
THE TEMPTATION 1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11 V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
MENDING THEIR NETS. — On the assumption that the facts in St. Luke preceded what we read here, the “mending” might seem the natural consequence of the “breaking” there described, and be noted as an un...
CHAPTER 6 Beginning of His Galilean Ministry - Matthew 4:12. DID our Lord's ministry begin in Galilee? If so, why did He not Himself set the example of "beginning at Jerusalem?" As a matter of fact w...
_Beginnings of the Galilean ministry_ (Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15). In a few rapid strokes the evangelist describes the opening of the Messianic work of Jesus in Galilee. He has in view the great Serm...
ἄλλους δύο, another pair of brothers, James and John, sons of Zebedee, the four together an important instalment of the twelve. The first pair were casting their nets, the second were mending them, (κ...
_Call of four disciples_. The preceding very general statement is followed by a more specific narrative relating to a very important department of Christ's work, the gathering of disciples. Disciples...
OPENING WORKS OF MERCY AND POWER Matthew 4:18-25 We must read the first chapter of John into the opening paragraph. Already the Lord had met with these first disciples in the Jordan valley; but they...
"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens, He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
It was objected by the ancient enemies of Christianity, Porphyrius, Julian the apostate, and others, that Christ chose for his apostles simple and ignorant men, easy to be imposed upon, and not such a...
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. I pray the Reader not to overlook the sovereignty of the LORD's call. What a marvellous light, and what a marvellous power must h...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_CHRIST’S CALL OBEYED_ ‘He called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed Him.’ Matthew 4:21 Whom did He call? The text refers to St. John and St. James. I. AN EXAM...
Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the S...
AND GOING ON FROM THENCE, HE SAW OTHER TWO,.... When he had gone but a little way further, Mark 1:19 he spied two other persons he was looking for, and had designed to call to the office of apostleshi...
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. Ver. 21. _He saw ot...
_Going on from thence_ Mark says, _A little further thence, He saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother_ The reader will observe, there was another James, the son of Alph...
Others joined them on the same day:...
AND GOING ON FROM THENCE, HE SAW TWO OTHER BRETHREN, JAMES, THE SON OF ZEBEDEE, AND JOHN, HIS BROTHER, IN A SHIP WITH ZEBEDEE, THEIR FATHER, MENDING THEIR NETS; AND HE CALLED THEM....
There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
18-22 When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who should be hearers, and afterwards preachers of his doctrine, who should be witnesses of his miracles, and afterwards testify conce...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 4:22"....
Tertullian On Idolatry and handicrafts, and trades, are to be quite left behind for the Lord's sake; while James and John, called by the Lord, do leave quite behind both father and ship;[88] Tertull...
Matthew 4:21 G2532 on G4260 (G5631) there G1564 saw G1492 (G5627) two G1417 other G243 brothers...
THE LIGHT COMMENCES TO SHINE, AND THE MESSIAH PREPARES FOR WORLD CONQUEST THROUGH THE WORD (4:12-22). Having determined His future course Jesus wastes no time in putting it into effect. But the death...
JESUS BEGINS TO ESTABLISH THE BASIS OF HIS NEW COMMUNITY (4:18-22). Jesus' plan for the future now begins to unfold. He begins to call men to follow Him, men whom He can instruct and train, with the i...
‘And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.' With His two new dis...
Matthew 4:21. GOING ON FROM THENCE. (Mark: ‘a little further.') All four had assisted in the great draught of fishes (see Luke 5:7; Luke 5:10). James, _i.e._, Jacob. Probably the older brother. JOHN...
CONTENTS AND CONNECTION. The appearance of Jesus as the light of the world amidst the darkness of the land of Galilee, in accordance with prophecy (Matthew 4:12-16). The record begins at the close of...
MENDING THEIR NETS (καταρτιζοντας τα δικτυα αυτων). These two brothers, James and John, were getting their nets ready for use. The verb (καταρτιζω) means to adjust, to articulate, to mend if needed...
JAMES Two persons are called by this name in the New Testament. (1) James the son of Zebedee, an apostle (Matthew 10:2) and the brother of the apostle John, apart from whom he is never mentioned, an...
Matthew 4:18 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...
Matthew 4:21 I. St. James may be regarded as affording an example and encouragement to those who follow Christ, in two sorts of trials, more particularly those which arise from a thriving condition in...
4:12. _Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;_ Notice that there were at that time only two great ministers of God, John the Baptist, he must go to prison...
CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of first disciples. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the wilderness,_ where he was...
TWO OTHER BROTHERS. Probably all Jesus called to be apostles were already his disciples (_see_ John 1:29-51). This was a formal call to take up the "obligation" of Christ. James and John were also fis...
_He called them._ JESUS CALLS ALL TO FOLLOW HIM When engaged in their ordinary occupations. By His Word-Providence-Spirit. I. The call. 1. Who calls? Jesus, the Saviour. His right to do so. His lo...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:21 A BOAT, dated from the first century A.D. or earlier, was found in the Sea of Galilee in 1986. Approximately 26.5 feet long and 7.5 feet wide (8 m by 2.3 m), it could hold...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:18 PETER, JAMES 1:1, and...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:12 These verses mark the beginning of Jesus’ Galilean ministry. It is traditionally thought that Jesus’ ministry lasted three years: a year of obscurity, a year of popularity...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness (vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
FOUR FISHERMEN FOLLOW JESUS MATTHEW 4:18-22; MARK 1:16-20; MATTHEW 4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the s...
CHAPTER 4 _By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_, _accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna. _T...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 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. Jo...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 4:1 THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
Chapter Four Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1) Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
Acts 12:2; John 21:2; Luke 5:10; Luke 5:11; Mark 1:19;...
Mending [κ α τ α ρ τ ι ζ ο ν τ α ς]. Not necessarily repairing; the word means to adjust, to "put to rights." It may mean here preparing the nets for the next fishing. 23, 24. Sickness, Disease, Torme...
THE FIRST DISCIPLES Matthew 4:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to speak on the wonderful privileges which belong to saints, called into comradeship with God. Where is the man or the wo...