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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...
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FISHERS OF MEN - Ministers or preachers of the gospel, whose business
it shall be to win souls to Christ....
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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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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...
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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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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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FISHERS OF MEN.. Talmudic expression: "A fisher of the Law"
(Maimonides, _Torah,_ cap. I)....
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_fishers of men_ A condensed parable explicitly drawn out, ch. Matthew
13:47-50....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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 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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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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_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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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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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,...
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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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_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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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:...
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FISHERS OF MEN; the means of taking them out of the kingdom of Satan,
and bringing them into the kingdom of Christ....
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AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, FOLLOW ME, I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN....
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But the Lord had need of them:...
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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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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...
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Matthew 4:19 Then G2532 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Follow G1205
(G5773) G3694 Me G3450 and...
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‘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...
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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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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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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)....
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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....
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_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...
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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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1 Corinthians 9:20; 2 Corinthians 12:16; Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:9;...
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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...