He said to them:
“Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”
Commentaries
4:18 - 4:22
He Calls His First Disciples.
Jesus calls, and in this he differs from the teachers of his time, whose disciples he chose. Jesus chooses his own. The call is clear and direct; the response is quick and unconditional: they respond to his call and, leaving everything behind, begin to follow him.
With these qualities, a new form of discipleship begins: the Christian discipleship—an unavoidable and binding calling, a lifelong commitment involving all aspects of the Master’s life and mission: “I will make you fishers of men” (19).
Commentaries
He Calls His First Disciples.
Jesus calls, and in this he differs from the teachers of his time, whose disciples he chose. Jesus chooses his own. The call is clear and direct; the response is quick and unconditional: they respond to his call and, leaving everything behind, begin to follow him.
With these qualities, a new form of discipleship begins: the Christian discipleship—an unavoidable and binding calling, a lifelong commitment involving all aspects of the Master’s life and mission: “I will make you fishers of men” (19).