Mark 1:18

18 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him.

Mark 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:18

And straightway they forsook their nets
Which perhaps were their all; see ( Matthew 19:27 ) .

And followed him;
both in a corporeal and spiritual sense; (See Gill on Matthew 4:20).

Mark 1:18 In-Context

16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
18 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him.
19 And when he had gone a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
20 And straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, they went after him.
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