Matthew 4:19 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 4:19

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

KJV

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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Commentary

3 voices

Hilary of Poitiers

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (367)

By this that they left their occupation and their father's house we are taught, that when we would follow Christ we should not be holden of the cares of secular life, or of the society of the paternal mansion. Or, the number that was to be of the Evangelists is figured.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Ver. 19, 20.) Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. And immediately they left their nets and followed him. These first ones were called to follow the Lord: fishermen and unlettered men are sent to preach, lest the faith of believers be thought to come about not by the power of God, but by eloquence and teaching.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he saith unto them, follow me,.... These two brethren had been the disciples of John, as Theophylact thinks, and which seems agreeable to Joh 1:35 and though through John's pointing out Christ unto them, they had some knowledge of him, and conversation with him, yet they abode with him but for that day, Joh 1:37 and afterwards returned to their master; and upon his imprisonment, betook themselves to their former employment: from whence Christ now calls them to be his disciples, saying "follow me", or "come after me": that is, be a disciple of mine; see Luk 14:

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Follow me - Come after me, δευτε οπισω μου. Receive my doctrines, imitate me in my conduct - in every respect be my disciples. We may observe that most of the calls of God to man are expressed in a few solemn words, which alarm, the conscience, and deeply impress the heart. I will make you fishers of men - Eze 47:8-10, casts much light on this place; and to this prophet our Lord probably alludes.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1906: “How To Become Fishers of Men” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
δεῦτε	deute	Come	G1205 →
ὀπίσω	opisō	after	G3694 →
μου,	mou	Me,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ποιήσω	poiēsō	I will make	G4160 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἁλιεῖς	halieis	fishers	G231 →
ἀνθρώπων.	anthrōpōn	of men.	G444 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2
  Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Luke 9:23–27
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Mark 10:21
  Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
Through
John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
leads to
- Colossians 3:24
  because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
- 1 Samuel 2:30
  Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it…
- Galatians 1:10
  Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.