Matthew 4:20
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
KJV
οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
Greek NT
At illi continuo relictis retibus secuti sunt eum.
Vulgate
And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.
ASV
And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίκτυον
diktuon
noun · 12×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. After the death of his father and mother he was left alone with one little sister: his age was about eighteen or twenty, and on him the care both of home and sister rested. Now it was not six months after the death of his parents, and going according to custom into the Lord's House, he communed with himself and reflected as he walked how the Apostles Matthew 4:20 left all an…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:21 — And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went afte
- Gal 1:16 — To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
- Isa 6:8 — Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
- Luke 5:11 — And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
- Luke 18:28 — Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
- Mark 10:28 — Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
- Mark 10:28 — Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
- Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- Matt 19:27 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- Ps 119:60 — I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.