Jesus alls his irst isciples Matthew 4:19 | 1511
i lee. q 13 Leav ing Naz a reth, he went and lived in Ca per na um, r which was by the lake in the area of Zeb u lun and Naphta li— 14 to ful fill what was said through the proph et Isa iah:
4:12 q Mk 1:14
4:13 r Mk 1:21; Lk 4:23, 31; Jn 2:12; 4:46, 47
4:16 s Isa 9:1, 2; Lk 2:32
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15“ Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles— 16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” a s
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4:17 t Mt 3:2
4:18 u Mt 15:29;
Mk 7:31; Jn 6:1 v Mt 16:17, 18
4:19 w Mk 10:21,
28, 52 a
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16 Isaiah 9:1,2 |
17 From that time on Jesus be gan to preach,“ Re pent, for the king dom of heav en t has come near.”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
4:18 – 22pp // Mk 1:16 – 20; Lk 5:2 – 11; Jn 1:35 – 42 18 As Jesus was walk ing be side the Sea of Gal i lee, u he saw two broth ers, Si mon called Pe ter v and his broth er An drew. They were cast ing a net into the lake, for they were fish er men. 19“ Come, fol low me,” w Jesus said,“ and I will send you out
people hear the kingdom of heaven is near, they expect Jesus to inaugurate the kind of kingdom consistent with their hopes.
Jesus will indeed fulfill the prophetic hope. But he will bring this hope to complete fulfillment only when he returns as the Son of Man in glory( cf. 24:29 – 31). This dual phenomenon is the“ already but not yet” nature of the kingdom. Jesus has already inaugurated the kingdom, but it has not yet reached its final form.
4:18 – 22 Jesus approaches two men and calls out,“ Come, follow me... and I will send you out to fish for people.” They immediately leave their nets and follow him.
Next, Jesus sees two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who are mending their fishing nets. Caring for this equipment took up much of a morning after a night of fishing. Jesus interrupts their busy activities and calls them. By obeying Jesus’ call, they are relinquishing
JESUS’ BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION
Events surrounding Jesus’ baptism reveal the intense religious excitement and social ferment of the early days of John the Baptist’ s ministry. Herod had been cruel and power-hungry; Roman military occupation was harsh. Some agitation centered around the change of governors from Gratus to Pilate in AD 26. Most of the people hoped for a religious solution to their intolerable political situation, and when they heard of a new prophet, they flocked out into the desert to hear him. The religious sect( Es senes) from Qumran professed similar doctrines of repentance and baptism. Jesus was baptized at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan( see Jn 1:28). John also baptized at“ Aenon near Salim”( Jn 3:23).
Many interpreters place John’ s baptismal ministry at a point on the middle stretch of the Jordan River, where trade routes converge at a natural ford not far from the modern site of Tel Shalem.
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