Bible Strands
Mark 1:19
Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus continues walking after calling Simon and Andrew, and encounters James and John. They are working in a boat with their father Zebedee and hired men.
The words — προβὰς (probas) = having gone on, and εἶδεν (eiden) = He saw. These terms mark the narrative shift from the first pair of disciples to the second.
The thread — The same brothers appear in Matthew 4:21, are labeled Boanerges in Mark 3:17, and are named alongside Peter in Mark 5:37. Each reference tracks their progression from fishermen to core witnesses.
Why it lands — The text records Jesus calling them and their immediate departure from their work and father. It requires a reader to confront the cost of discipleship as an unhesitating response to a direct summons.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
Cross-references
- Matthew 4:21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
- Mark 3:17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
- Mark 5:37 And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
- Mark 9:2 After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
- Mark 10:35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
- Mark 14:33 He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- Acts 1:13 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
- Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.