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

16As he was going along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen. 17Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me! I will teach you how to catch people instead of fish.” They immediately left their nets and followed him. 19As Jesus went on a little farther, he saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets ⌞to go fishing⌟. 20He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee and the hired men in the boat and followed Jesus.

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 10:28Then Peter spoke up, “We’ve given up everything to follow you.”
• Matthew 19:27Then Peter replied to him, “Look, we’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get out of it?”
• Luke 5:11Simon and his partners brought the boats to shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
• Luke 14:33In the same way, none of you can be my disciples unless you give up everything.
• Luke 18:28Then Peter said, “We’ve left everything to follow you.”
• Philippians 3:8It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain 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