Casting a net into the sea (βαλλαντας αμφιβληστρον εις την θαλασσαν). The word here for net is a casting-net (compare αμφιβαλλω in…

Sea of Galilee. This was also called the Sea of Tiberias, the Lake of Gennesareth, and also the Sea of Chinnereth,[Reference Numbers 34:11…

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee—In no part of the Gospel history is it more necessary to remember John’s record …

I like those words "all manner"—that is, every kind and every sort of sickness and disease Christ met. Perhaps you, dear friend, are afflicted in y…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Before He spoke or did anything, Christ called the Apostles, so that neither His word nor His deed s…

According to Jn 1:35–51 Peter and Andrew first followed Jesus at an earlier date, but then presumably took up fishing again. Perhaps this earlier e…

And Jesus walking. Since this account is placed by Luke after the two miracles we will see later, an opinion has commonly prevailed that t…

And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee
Not for his recreation and diversion, or by accident: but on purpose to look out for, …

When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who would be hearers and afterward preachers of his doctrine, who would be witnesses of …

The Evangelist showed how Christ was tried and approved, specifically by conquering the devil; here he shows how Christ began to teach. In this reg…