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Mark 1:19 KJV
Mark · chapter 1 · verse 19
And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.Mark 1:19 · King James Version
Mark 1:19 in context
17And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
19And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
21And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZebedeezebedaiosZebedee = " my gift" , a fisherman of Galilee, the father of the apostles James…G2199 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- littleoligoslittle, small, few, of number multitude, quantity, or size, of time short, of degree or…G3641 →
- thenceekeithenthence, from that placeG1564 →
- JamesiakōbosJames = " supplanter" , son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle…G2385 →
- goneprobainōto go forwards, go onG4260 →
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Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching in Galilee. John gives an account of his preaching in Judea, before this (ch. 2 and 3), which the other evangelists had omitted, who chiefly relate what occurred in Galilee, because that was least known at Jerusalem. Observe, 1. When Jesus began to preach in Galilee;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-22