Catching Fish a Preparation for Catching Men
Mark 1:16-18
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.…


Every quality of mind which these fishermen had cultivated will serve the higher purpose now. Their vocation had —

I. Called out their PATIENCE.

II. Made a large demand on their INVENTIVENESS. Catching men needs sagacity.

III. Kept in lively exercise their observant WATCHFULNESS. They found it needful to study all the changes of light and shade; the aspects of sky and sea. To says souls we must be "all eye."

IV. Had inured them to DISAPPOINTMENT.

(D. Davies, M. A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

WEB: Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.




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