Mark 1:17
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
KJV
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου, καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς γενέσθαι ἁλεεῖς ἀνθρώπων.
Greek NT
et dixit eis Jesus : Venite post me, et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum.
Vulgate
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
ASV
And Jesus said to them: Come after me; and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δεῦτε
deute
verb · 12×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἁλιεύς
alieus
noun · 5×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὀπίσω
opiso
adverb · 35×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§787From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.215 Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those who would follow him: "Abide in me, and I in you.... I am the vine, you are the branches."216 and he proclaimed a mysterious and real …
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed …
Cross-references
- Ezek 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of
- Luke 5:10 — And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
- Luke 5:10 — And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
- Matt 4:19 — And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Matt 4:19 — And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Matt 13:47 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
- Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?