Mark 1:18

Mark 1:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
• New International Version (NIV)At once they left their nets and followed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

Context of Mark 1:18

16One day, Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee. He saw two brothers called Simon and Andrew. Their job was to catch fish. They were throwing their nets into the lake to catch fish. 17Jesus said to them, ‘Come with me and be my disciples. Then I will teach you how to catch people, instead of fish.’ Simon and Andrew immediately put down their nets and they went with Jesus. 19Jesus continued to walk along the shore. Soon he saw two more men who were brothers. They were called James and John. They were the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat and they were mending their nets. 20Immediately, Jesus asked them to come with him. They left their father and his workers in the boat, and they went with Jesus to be his disciples.

Mark 1:18 word by word

καὶ εὐθὺς ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• straightwayεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• they forsookἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• netsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• netsδίκτυονdiktuon · netG1350
• and followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190

Cross-references for Mark 1:18

• Mark 10:28Peter said to Jesus, ‘Look! We have left everything that we had. Now we are your disciples.’
• Matthew 19:27Peter said to Jesus, ‘Look! We have left everything that we had. Now we are your disciples. What will we receive because we have done this?’
• Luke 5:11After that, they went and they pulled their boats up on the shore. Then they left everything behind and they went with Jesus.
• Luke 14:33Jesus then said, ‘It is like that for all of you, if you want to be my disciples. You must leave everything that you have behind you.
• Luke 18:28Peter then said to Jesus, ‘Look! We have left everything that we had. Now we are your disciples.’
• Philippians 3:8Yes, now that I know Christ Jesus as my Lord, that is the most valuable thing. Nothing else is important at all. I have thrown everything else away, so that I can serve Christ. All those other things are like dirt to me. I think about them like that, so that I can have Christ.

Commentaries on Mark 1:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 See the notes at Matthew 4:18-22.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Jesus began to preach in Galilee, after that John was put in prison. If some be laid aside, others shall be raised up, to carry on the same work. Observe the great truths Christ preached. By repentance we give glory to our Creator whom we have offended; by faith we give glory to our Redeemer who came to save us from our sins. Christ has joined these two together, and let no man think to put them asunder. Christ puts honour upon those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-20The call of the two pairs of brothers (Simon and Andrew, and James and John) came after they had already met Jesus earlier (John 1:35–42).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 1:18

• Faith
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Obedience
• Peter
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

• Fishing, the art of
• Galilee, Sea of
• Latchet
• Andrew
• Commentaries
• James
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Sea of Galilee, Sea of Kinnereth, lake of Gennesaret, Sea of Tiberias

Commentaries on Mark 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings