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 went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). 17Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” They left their nets immediately and followed him. 19Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets. 20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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 began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!”
• Matthew 19:27Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
• Luke 5:11So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
• Luke 14:33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
• Luke 18:28And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!”
• Philippians 3:8More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may 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