Mark 1:18

18 And at once they left the nets, and followed him. [And anon the nets forsaken, they followed him.]

Mark 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:18

And straightway they forsook their nets
Which perhaps were their all; see ( Matthew 19:27 ) .

And followed him;
both in a corporeal and spiritual sense; (See Gill on Matthew 4:20).

Mark 1:18 In-Context

16 And as he passed beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, his brother, casting their nets into the sea; for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said to them, Come ye after me; [and] I shall make you to be made fishers of men.

18 And at once they left the nets, and followed him. [And anon the nets forsaken, they followed him.]

19 And he went forth from thence a little, and saw James of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in a boat making their nets. [And he gone forth thence a little, saw James of Zebedee, and John, his brother, and them in the boat making nets.]

20 And at once [And anon] he called them; and they left Zebedee, their father, in the boat with hired servants, and they followed him.