Mark 1:16–20
Jesus calls fishermen, and they leave their nets
Study it word by word16And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
17And Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of people.”
18And at once they left the nets and followed him.
19And going on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
20And at once he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went away after him.
In its context
14Now after John was handed over, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God
15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; change your minds and believe in the good news.”
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21And they go into Capernaum. And at once on the Sabbath he was teaching in the synagogue.
22And they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not as the scribes.
Its words in the original
- παράγωνparagōn· pass by
Pass, pass by.
- θάλασσανthalassan· sea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
- ΓαλιλαίαςGalilaias· Galilee
Galilee, the northern region of the land of Israel, beside the Lake of Gennesaret.
- εἶδενeiden· see
See, look; notice.
- ΣίμωναSimōna· Simon
Simon: the name of several men in the New Testament. The most often named is Simon Peter; also Simon the Zealot, one of the Twelve; Simon, a brother of Jesus; Simon of Cyrene; Simon the leper; a Pharisee; the magician of Samaria; the tanner of Joppa; and the father of Judas Iscariot.
- ἈνδρέανAndrean· Andrew
Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, one of the Twelve.
- ἀδελφὸνadelphon· brother
Brother. Also a close relative, a fellow countryman and, among believers, a brother in the faith.
- ἦσανēsan· be
Be, exist.
- ἁλιεῖςhalieis· fisherman
Fisherman.
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ΔεῦτεDeute· come
Come! let's go!
- ὀπίσωopisō· behind, after
Behind; after.
- ποιήσωpoiēsō· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- γενέσθαιgenesthai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- ἀφέντεςaphentes· let go, forgive
Leave, let go, allow; said of sins and debts, forgive.
- δίκτυαdiktya· net
Fishing net.
- ἠκολούθησανēkolouthēsan· follow
Follow, go after someone; follow him as a disciple.
- προβὰςprobas· go on
Go on, go further; advance in years.
- ὀλίγονoligon· little, few
Little, small; in the plural, few.
- ἸάκωβονIakōbon· James
James, the Greek form of Jacob. Several men in the New Testament bear the name: James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus, both among the Twelve, and James the brother of Jesus.
- ΖεβεδαίουZebedaiou· Zebedee
Zebedee, a fisherman of Galilee, father of James and John.
- ἸωάννηνIōannēn· John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
- πλοίῳploiōi· boat
Boat.
- καταρτίζονταςkatartizontas· mend, restore
Mend, put in order, make complete; prepare.
- ἐκάλεσενekalesen· call
Call; name; invite.
- πατέραpatera· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- μισθωτῶνmisthōtōn· hired hand
Hired hand, worker paid by the day.
- ἀπῆλθονapēlthon· go away
Go away, leave.