Jesus Christ here makes an allusion to the prior occupation of his apostles. David, in his Psalms, makes similar allusions to his former occupation of shepherd: "He took him from the flocks of sheep, he brought him from following the ewes big with young, to feed Jacob, his servant, and Israel, his inheritance." (Psalm lxxvii. ver. 70.) (Menochius)
Verse Matthew 4:19. _FOLLOW ME_] _Come after me_, δευτε οπισω μου. Receive my doctrines, imitate me in my conduct - in every respect be my disciples. We may observe that most of the calls of God to ma...
FISHERS OF MEN - Ministers or preachers of the gospel, whose business it shall be to win souls to Christ....
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...
FOLLOW ME, AND. WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN. The Lord had already called them to be his disciples, at Bethabara, after the temptation. He now calls them to. preparation for the apostleship. Fish in t...
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...
FISHERS OF MEN.. Talmudic expression: "A fisher of the Law" (Maimonides, _Torah,_ cap. I)....
_fishers of men_ A condensed parable explicitly drawn out, ch. Matthew 13:47-50....
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...
ΔΕΥ͂ΤΕ. Frequent in Homer and in lyric poets. It was used as an ‘animating interjection’ (Buttmann), without any necessary connection with movement, as ἔρως με δεῦτε Κύπριδος ἕκατι | γλυκὸς κατείβων κ...
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...
ΔΕΎΤΕ (G1205) _pl. от_ ΔΕΎΡΟ, _adv._ места, в _знач._ приказа: "идите сюда" (EGT). ОΠΊΣΩ (G3694) с _gen._ за. Употреблено в смысле "будьте Моими учениками". Ученики постоянно сопровождали своего учит...
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...
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 he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME - rather, as the same expression is rendered in Mark, "Come ye after me" [ Deute (G1205) opi...
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...
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...
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...
FISHERS OF MEN] 'The fisherman Peter did not lay aside his nets but changed them' (Aug.). 21. According to Lk the four fishermen were partners. 22. St. Mark mentions that there were hired servants in...
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...
FOLLOW ME. — The command came, as we have seen, to those who were not unprepared. Short as it was, it was in some sense the first parable in our Lord’s teaching, the germ of an actual parable (Matthew...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
_ON FOLLOWING CHRIST_ ‘He saith unto them, Follow Me.’ Matthew 4:19 This was at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry. The call to St. Peter and St. Andrew comes to us as well. Let us try to...
_FISHERS OF MEN_ ‘I will make you fishers of men.’ Matthew 4:19 The object of the preaching of the Gospel is to catch men. I. ONLY CHRIST CAN MAKE FISHERS OF MEN.—Christian people should be willin...
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 HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME,.... These two brethren had been the disciples of John, as Theophylact thinks, and which seems agreeable to John 1:35 and though through John's pointing out Christ un...
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Ver. 19. _He saith unto them, Follow me_] And together with his word there went forth a power inclining them to follow, whereby...
_He saith unto them_ Namely, after some previous circumstances, an account of which is given, Luke 5:1. _Follow me_ That is, not only now and then, as you have hitherto done, since my baptism, John 1:...
FISHERS OF MEN; the means of taking them out of the kingdom of Satan, and bringing them into the kingdom of Christ....
AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME, I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN....
But the Lord had need of 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...
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...
Origen Against Celsus Book I el relates of them, and in respect to which Celsus believes that they speak the truth, inasmuch as it is their own ignorance which they record), discoursing boldly not onl...
Matthew 4:19 Then G2532 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Follow G1205 (G5773) G3694 Me G3450 and...
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 he says to them, “You come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” ' So Jesus approached them and called them to leave everything and follow Him. Once they had done so, He promised, He wou...
Matthew 4:19. COME YE AFTER ME. This call is to be distinguished from the previous acquaintanceship and discipleship (John 1), and also from the later choice and call to the apostleship (Matthew 10)....
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...
FISHERS OF MEN (αλεεις ανθρωπων). Andrew and Simon were fishers by trade. They had already become disciples of Jesus (John 1:35-42), but now they are called upon to leave their business and to foll...
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 4:19 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...
Matthew 4:19 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 cr...
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...
COME WITH ME. They had continued to fish. Now they are formally called to devote all their time to a new work. They are to become apostles special messengers of Christ....
_Follow Me._ FOLLOW ME 1.Follow Christ as your Teacher. 2. As your Example. 3. As your Friend. 4. If you see to the following what will Christ do? (_D. B. Hooke._) 1. These heavenly fishermen fo...
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
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 4:18 PETER, JAMES 1:1, and...
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...
1 Corinthians 9:20; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:9;...
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...