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Mark 1:20 KJV
Mark · chapter 1 · verse 20
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.Mark 1:20 · King James Version
Mark 1:20 in context
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.
22And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- straightwayeutheōsstraightway, immediately, forthwithG2112 →
- servantsmisthōtosone hired, a hirelingG3411 →
- ZebedeezebedaiosZebedee = " my gift" , a fisherman of Galilee, the father of the apostles James…G2199 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- afteropisōback, behind, after, afterwards, of place things that are behind, of time afterG3694 →
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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