“Fishers for men”: Peter, Andrew, James, and John leave their nets
Luke 5:1–11; Mark 1:16–20; Matthew 4:18–22
After teaching from Peter's boat, Jesus told the fishermen to let down their nets. They caught so many fish the nets began to break. Peter fell at his feet, and the four left everything to follow him.
Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”
Mark 1:17 (World English Bible)
They had fished all night and caught nothing. Overwhelmed, Peter cried, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord” (Luke 5:8). Jesus told him not to be afraid: from now on he would be catching people. Peter and Andrew, and James and John, the sons of Zebedee, became the core of the disciples.
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Dating notes
Ussher: early AD 31. He follows Luke's account, which he takes as a formal call of men who had already met Jesus in John 1. The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.