Matthew 4:22

“And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Matthew 4:22

And they immediatly left the shippe and their father, and followed him.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
- Basic English Bible

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
- Darby Bible

And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
- English Revised Version

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Matthew 4:22

Wesley's Notes for Matthew 4:22


4:23 The Gospel of the kingdom - The Gospel, that is, the joyous message, is the proper name of our religion: as will be amply verified in all who earnestly and perseveringly embrace it.

4:24 Through all Syria - The whole province, of which the Jewish country was only a small part. And demoniacs - Men possessed with devils: and lunatics, and paralytics - Men ill of the palsy, whose cases were of all others most deplorable and most helpless.



People's Bible Notes for Matthew 4:22


Mt 4:22 They immediately left . . . their father. At once. They had received a higher call. No earthly preference can excuse a rejection of the call of Christ.

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