And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.
and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Voices1
But Christ taught as one that had authority, as one that knew the mind of God, and was commissioned to declare it. There is much in the doctrine of Christ, that is astonishing; the more we hear it, the more cause we shall see to admire it.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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 verses this one reaches6
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.
And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?
Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.
Through
Luke 14:33So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
leads to
And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Through
Luke 5:11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.
leads to
And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?
And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,…
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