Matthew 4:22

Matthew 4:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
• New International Version (NIV)and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Context of Matthew 4:22

20And they immediately left their nets, and followed him. 21And going on from there, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. 23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 24And his fame spread throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all sick people that were sick with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with demons, and those who were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Matthew 4:22 word by word

οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• boatπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190

Cross-references for Matthew 4:22

• Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Deuteronomy 33:9Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor know his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
• Mark 1:20And immediately he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
• Luke 9:59And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
• Luke 14:26If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore henceforth we know no man according to the flesh: though indeed, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now henceforth we know him no more.

Commentaries on Matthew 4:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Left the ship and their father - By the ship, , 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Left 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who should be hearers, and afterwards preachers of his doctrine, who should be witnesses of his miracles, and afterwards testify concerning them. He went not to Herod's court, not to Jerusalem, among the chief priests and the elders, but to the sea of Galilee, among the fishermen. The same power which called Peter and Andrew, could have wrought upon Annas and Caiaphas, for with God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22They left the boat and their father: To be disciples of Jesus required both commitment and sacrifice from the brothers (see Matthew 8:18–22; 10:38; 16:24; 19:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. And they immediately left the ship and their father--Mark adds an important clause: "They left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants" (Mr 1:20); showing that the family were in easy circumstances. and followed him--Two harmonistic questions here arise: First, Was this the same calling as that recorded in Joh 1:35-42? Clearly not. For, (1) That call was given while Jesus was yet in Judea: this, after His return to Galilee. (2) Here…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 4:22

• Apostles
• Call
• Faith
• Galilee
• James
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Dash
• Fame
• Galilee, Sea of
• Light
• Peter
• Tempter
• Torment
• Follow
• James
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Matthew 4

• 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