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Matthew 4:22
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Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
And they immediatly left the shippe and their father, and followed him.
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
Immediately they left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.
And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.
Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
And immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
Right away they left the boat and their father and went with Jesus.
At once they left the boat and their father and went with Yeshua.
and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
So they immediately left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.
So they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
and at once they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
And at once leaving the boat and their father, they followed Him.
And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
and they forthwith left the vessel and their father, and went after him.
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and went after him.
And they immediatly, left the shippe and their father, and folowed hym.
And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
And leaving the vessel and their father, they immediately followed him.
And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
And anoon thei leften the nettis and the fadir, and sueden hym.
And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
And they immediately left the boat, and their father, and followed him.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
At once they left the boat and their father and followed Jesus.
Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
And, they, straightway, leaving the boat and their father, followed him.
And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
And they with out taryinge lefte the shyp and their father and folowed hym.
and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
And they without tarynge lefte ye shyp and their father, and folowed hym.
they immediately left the bark with their father, and followed him.
and they immediately dropped what they were doin' and rode off with him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 10:37, Deuteronomy 33:9, Deuteronomy 33:10, Mark 1:20, Luke 9:59, Luke 9:60, Luke 14:26, Luke 14:33, 2 Corinthians 5:16
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:20 - he left Isaiah 30:33 - Tophet John 21:2 - the sons Acts 12:2 - James
Cross-References
"This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
"Your strongholds will be iron and bronze, And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.
"Now send me a man who is skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they immediately left the ship,.... More is expressed here than before, for they not only left their nets, but their ship too; which was of much more value; nay, even "their father" also, "with the hired servants", Mark 1:20 and so complied with the call of Christ to his people, Psalms 45:10 and thereby proved, that they were sincerely his followers, Luke 14:26 and might expect the gracious promise of Christ to be made good unto them,
Matthew 19:28.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Left their father - This showed how willing they were to follow Jesus. They showed us what we ought to do. If necessary, we should leave father, and mother, and every friend, Luke 14:26. If they will go with us, and be Christians, it is well; if not, yet they should not hinder us. We should be the followers of Jesus. And, while in doing it we should treat our friends kindly and tenderly, yet we ought at all hazards to obey God, and do our duty to him. We may add that many, very many children, since Sunday schools have commenced, have been the means of their parents’ conversion. Many children have spoken to their parents, or read the Bible to them, or other books, and prayed for them, and God has blessed them and converted them. Every child in a Sunday school ought to be a Christian; and then should strive and pray that God would convert his parents, and make them Christians too. We see here, too, what humble instruments God makes use of to convert people. He chose fishermen to convert the world. He chooses the foolish to confound the wise. And it shows that religion is true, and is the power of God, when he makes use of such instruments to change the hearts of people and save their souls. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 1:26-28.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 4:22. Left the ship and their father — By the ship, το πλοιον, we are to understand the mere fishing-boat, used for extending their nets in the water and bringing the hawser or rope of the farther end to shore, by which the net was pulled to land. But why should these be called to leave their employment and their father, probably now aged? To this I answer, that to be obedient to, provide for, and comfort our parents, is the highest duty we owe or can discharge, except that to God. But, when God calls to the work of the ministry, father and mother and all must be left. Were we necessary to their comfort and support before? Then God, if he call us into another work or state, will take care to supply to them our lack of service some other way; and, if this be not done, it is a proof we have mistaken our call. Again, were our parents necessary to us, and in leaving them for the sake of the Gospel, or in obedience to a Divine command, do we deprive ourselves of the comforts of life? No matter: we should prefer the honour of serving the Most High, even in poverty and humility, to all the comforts of a father's house. But what an honour was the vocation of James and John, to old Zebedee their father! His sons are called to be heralds of the God of heaven! Allowing him to have been a pious man, this must have given him unutterable delight.
