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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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SHIP— _Bark,_ or _boat._...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 4:22"....
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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...
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Matthew 4:21 G2532 on G4260 (G5631) there G1564 saw G1492 (G5627) two
G1417 other G243 brothers...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:18 PETER, JAMES 1:1, and...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 12:2; John 21:2; Luke 5:10; Luke 5:11; Mark 1:19;...
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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...
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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...