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Matthew Chapter 4 verse 22 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 4:22

And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
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BBE Matthew 4:22

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
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DARBY Matthew 4:22

and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
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KJV Matthew 4:22

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
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WBT Matthew 4:22

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WEB Matthew 4:22

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
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YLT Matthew 4:22

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - Left the ship and their father, and followed him (ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ) . St. Matthew emphasizes the facts that they left both natural relations (so also St. Mark, adding the vivid detail, "the hired servants") and means of livelihood, and that here their continuous following of Christ began. St. Mark rather lay stress on their leaving the old life (ἀπῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ) .

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Left the ship and their father.--St. Mark adds, with the hired servants," a fact of interest as showing that the sons of Zebedee were probably, in some measure, of better means and higher social standing than those of Jona. The absence of the name of the latter suggests the inference that he was no longer living.The sacrifice of the disciples seems, perhaps, small as compared with others in the history of saints; yet to leave all, to give up the life of home, and its regular occupations, requires, in any case, an effort more or less heroic; and beyond it there lay the future, as yet undiscerned, with all its possible trials and sufferings, to which, by that one act, they pledged themselves. (Comp. 19:27.)