Mark 1:19 Meaning and Explanation
“And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Going a little farther, Jesus sees James and John, the sons of Zebedee, in their boat mending the nets.
What Does Mark 1:19 Mean?
The calling continues down the same shoreline. James and John are partners with their father in a fishing operation prosperous enough to own a boat and, as the next verse shows, to employ hired men. Jesus finds them not casting but mending, the patient maintenance work every fisherman knew.
Christ calls people from every posture of life, some in mid-cast and some in mid-repair. These two will become, with Simon, his closest companions, witnesses of his glory on the mountain and his sorrow in the garden. But here they are simply workmen with rope and twine in their laps. God sees in our unremarkable present what he intends to make of us, and his call is the first glimpse we are given of it.
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What does Mark 1:19 mean?
Going a little farther, Jesus sees James and John, the sons of Zebedee, in their boat mending the nets.