The call of the disciples and the great catch of fish.

Matthew 4.18-22 = Mark 1.16-20 = Luke 5.1-11 (John 1.35-51; 21.1-14).

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Matthew 4.18-22; {13.1-2}.	Mark 1.16-20; {4.1}.	Luke 5.1-11.
{^13.1 Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐξελθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῆς οἰκίας ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν· ^13.2a καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλοι πολλοί....} ¹⁸ Περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς. ¹⁹ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου, καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων.* ²⁰ οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. {^13.2b ...ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν* εἱστήκει.} ²¹ καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου* τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. ²² οἱ δὲ εὐθέως* ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.	{^4.1a Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν* παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. καὶ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πλεῖστος....} ¹⁶ Καὶ παράγων παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν Σίμωνα καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν Σίμωνος ἀμφιβάλλοντας ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς. ¹⁷ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου, καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς γενέσθαι ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων.* ¹⁸ καὶ εὐθὺς ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. {^4.1b ...ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς* ἦσαν.} ¹⁹ καὶ προβὰς ὀλίγον εἶδεν Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα, ²⁰ καὶ εὐθὺς* ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν Ζεβεδαῖον* ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ τῶν μισθωτῶν ἀπῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.	¹ Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τὸν ὄχλον ἐπικεῖσθαι αὐτῷ καὶ ἀκούειν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἑστὼς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ, ² καὶ εἶδεν δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀποβάντες ἔπλυνον τὰ δίκτυα. ³ ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς* ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον, καθίσας δὲ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου ἐδίδασκεν* τοὺς ὄχλους. ⁴ ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα· Ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν. ⁵ καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Σίμων εἶπεν· Ἐπιστάτα, δι᾿ ὅλης νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὰ δίκτυα. ⁶ καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ, διερρήσσετο δὲ τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν. ⁷ καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἦλθον, καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά. ⁸ ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσεν τοῖς γόνασιν Ἰησοῦ λέγων· Ἔξελθε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, κύριε· ⁹ θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ὧν συνέλαβον, ¹⁰ ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους* ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν. ¹¹ καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἀφέντες πάντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
Extant: א B C D ~L W Δ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: א A B D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: ~Ƿ⁴ ~Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.
Eusebius 20b-22. Word count: 122. Previous: Matthew 4.12-17. Next: Matthew 4.23-25.	Eusebius 9b-11. Word count: 115. Previous: Mark 1.14-15. Next: Mark 1.21-22.	Eusebius 29-32. Word count: 207. Previous: Luke 4.44. Next: Luke 5.12-16.

Matthew 4.18-22; {13.1-2}.	Mark 1.16-20; {4.1}.	Luke 5.1-11.
{^13.1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea, ^13.2a and so many crowds were gathered to him....} ¹⁸ But while he was walking around by the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting about a casting-net into the sea, for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And he says to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.* ²⁰ But they,* straightway leaving the nets behind, followed him. {^13.2b ...that having embarked onto a boat he* sat down, and the whole crowd was standing upon the beach.} ²¹ And he passed on from there and saw two other brothers, Jacob [son] of Zebedee and John his brother in the boat with Zebedee their father mending their nets, and he called them. ²² But they* straightway* left the boat and their father and followed him.	{^4.1a And again he began to teach* by the sea, and so great a crowd gathered to him....} ¹⁶ And while he was going about by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting about in the sea, for they were fishers. ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.* ¹⁸ And, straightway leaving the nets behind, they* followed him. {^4.1b ...that having embarked onto a boat he* sat down at the sea, and the whole crowd were by the sea upon the land.} ¹⁹ And he passed on a little farther and saw Jacob [son] of Zebedee and John his brother, and they were in the boat mending the nets, ²⁰ and straightway he called them. And they* left their father Zebedee* in the boat with the hirelings and went after him.	¹ But it happened that, when the crowd was pressing him and hearing the word of God, he himself was also standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ² and he saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishers, having disembarked from them, were washing the nets. ³ But he* embarked onto one of the boats, which was of Simon, and asked him to put out a little away from the land,* And, having sat down, he was teaching* the crowds from the boat. ⁴ But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. ⁵ And Simon answered and said: Sir, we labored all night and took nothing, but upon your word I shall let down the nets. ⁶ And, having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish, and their nets were tearing. ⁷ And they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them with the catch. And they came, and they filled both boats such that they were sinking. ⁸ But Simon Peter saw and fell at the knees of Jesus saying: Go away from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord. ⁹ For wonder held him fast and all those with him at the catch of fish that they took in, ¹⁰ and likewise also Jacob and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners to Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from now on you will be catching men* alive. ¹¹ And they brought the boats up on the land and left all and followed him.

John 1.35-51.
³⁵ Τῇ ἐπαύριον πάλιν εἱστήκει ὁ Ἰωάννης καὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ δύο, ³⁶ καὶ ἐμβλέψας τῷ Ἰησοῦ περιπατοῦντι λέγει· Ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. ³⁷ καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ δύο μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος καὶ ἠκολούθησαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ. ³⁸ στραφεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος αὐτοὺς ἀκολουθοῦντας λέγει αὐτοῖς· Τί ζητεῖτε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Ῥαββί, ὃ λέγεται μεθερμηνευόμενον διδάσκαλε, ποῦ μένεις; ³⁹ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Ἔρχεσθε καὶ ὄψεσθε. ἦλθαν οὖν καὶ εἶδαν ποῦ μένει, καὶ παρ᾿ αὐτῷ ἔμειναν τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην· ὥρα ἦν ὡς δεκάτη. ⁴⁰ ἦν Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου καὶ ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ· ⁴¹ εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν, ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Χριστός· ⁴² ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Σὺ εἶ Σίμων ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωάννου· σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος. ⁴³ τῇ ἐπαύριον ἠθέλησεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀκολούθει μοι. ⁴⁴ ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ἀνδρέου καὶ Πέτρου. ⁴⁵ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν, Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. ⁴⁶ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· Ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Φίλιππος· Ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. ⁴⁷ εἶδεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· Ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ἰσραηλίτης ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστιν. ⁴⁸ λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· Πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ⁴⁹ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· Ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ· σὺ βασιλεὺς εἶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ⁵⁰ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Οτι εἶπόν σοι ὅτι εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψῃ. ⁵¹ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν· ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Extant: ~Ƿ⁵ ~Ƿ⁵⁹ Ƿ⁶⁶ Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B ~C L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ⁴² Ιωαννου (Ƿ⁶⁶ Ƿ⁷⁵ א L W^supplied) / Ιωανου (B*) / Ιωνα (A B^corrected Δ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine) / Ιωαννα (Θ).
Eusebius 16-18a. Word count: 305. Previous: John 1.29-34. Next: John 2.1-11.
³⁵ On the morrow again John was standing, and two from his disciples. ³⁶ And when he saw Jesus walking about he says: Behold the lamb of God. ³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ But Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them: What are you seeking? And they said to him: Rabbi, which is interpreted to say teacher, where are you staying? ³⁹ He says to them: Come and see. They went, therefore, and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. ⁴⁰ One of the two who heard from John and followed him was Andrew the brother of Simon Peter. ⁴¹ This man found first his own brother Simon and says to him: We have found the messiah, which is interpreted as Christ. ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said: You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. ⁴³ On the morrow he wished to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus says to him: Follow me. ⁴⁴ And Philip was from Bethsaida, from the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathaniel and says to him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth. ⁴⁶ And Nathaniel said to him: Can anything good be from Nazareth? Philip says to him: Come and see. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and says about him: Behold, truly an Israelite in whom there is no guile. ⁴⁸ Nathaniel says to him: Whence do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called out to you I saw you, as you were under the fig-tree. ⁴⁹ Nathaniel answered him: Rabbi, you are the son of God. You are the king of Israel. ⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig-tree you believe? You shall see greater things than these. ⁵¹ And he says to me: Amen amen, I say to you: You shall see heaven opened up and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man.

John 21.1-14.
¹ Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐφανέρωσεν ἑαυτὸν πάλιν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Τιβεριάδος· ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ οὕτως. ² ἦσαν ὁμοῦ Σίμων Πέτρος καὶ Θωμᾶς ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος καὶ Ναθαναὴλ ὁ ἀπὸ Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ οἱ τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ δύο. ³ λέγει αὐτοῖς Σίμων Πέτρος· Ὑπάγω ἁλιεύειν. λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· Ἐρχόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς σὺν σοί. ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἐνέβησαν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἐπίασαν οὐδέν. ⁴ πρωΐας δὲ ἤδη γενομένης ἔστη Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν· οὐ μέντοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν. ⁵ λέγει οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Παιδία, μή τι προσφάγιον ἔχετε; ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ· Οὔ. ⁶ ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Βάλετε εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη τοῦ πλοίου τὸ δίκτυον, καὶ εὑρήσετε. ἔβαλον οὖν, καὶ οὐκέτι αὐτὸ ἑλκύσαι ἴσχυον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἰχθύων. ⁷ λέγει οὖν ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρῳ· Ὁ κύριός ἐστιν. Σίμων οὖν Πέτρος, ἀκούσας ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν, τὸν ἐπενδύτην διεζώσατο, ἦν γὰρ γυμνός, καὶ ἔβαλεν ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ⁸ οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι μαθηταὶ τῷ πλοιαρίῳ ἦλθον, οὐ γὰρ ἦσαν μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀλλὰ ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων, σύροντες τὸ δίκτυον τῶν ἰχθύων. ⁹ ὡς οὖν ἀπέβησαν εἰς τὴν γῆν βλέπουσιν ἀνθρακιὰν κειμένην καὶ ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἄρτον. ¹⁰ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐνέγκατε ἀπὸ τῶν ὀψαρίων ὧν ἐπιάσατε νῦν. ¹¹ ἀνέβη οὖν Σίμων Πέτρος καὶ εἵλκυσεν τὸ δίκτυον εἰς τὴν γῆν μεστὸν ἰχθύων μεγάλων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα τριῶν· καὶ τοσούτων ὄντων οὐκ ἐσχίσθη τὸ δίκτυον. ¹² λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Δεῦτε, ἀριστήσατε. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐτόλμα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐξετάσαι αὐτόν· Σὺ τίς εἶ; εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν. ¹³ ἔρχεται Ἰησοῦς καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ὀψάριον ὁμοίως. ¹⁴ τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον ἐφανερώθη Ἰησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Extant: ~Ƿ⁵⁹ ~Ƿ⁶⁶ א A B C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.
Eusebius 219-226a. Word count: 278. Previous: John 20.30-31. Next: John 21.15-24.
¹ After these things Jesus again made himself apparent to the disciples upon the sea of Tiberius. And he appeared thus. ² There were together Simon Peter and Thomas called Didymus and Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee and [the sons] of Zebedee and another two from among his disciples. ³ Simon Peter says to them: I am going fishing. They say to him: We also are going with you. They went out and embarked onto the boat, and on that night they got nothing. ⁴ But when it was already becoming early morning Jesus stood at the beach. The disciples, however, did not know that it was Jesus. ⁵ Jesus therefore says to them: Children, you do not have any fish, do you? They answered him: No. ⁶ And he said to them: Cast the net onto the right part of the boat, and you will find them. They cast, therefore, and were no longer capable of dragging it in from the multitude of fish. ⁷ That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter, therefore, upon hearing that it was the Lord, wrapped [himself] up in his outer clothing, for he was naked, and cast himself into the sea. ⁸ But the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not a long way from the land, but about two hundred cubits, pulling the net of fish. ⁹ When, therefore, they disembarked onto the land, they see a charcoal fire laid, and fish placed upon it, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus says to them: Bring [some] from the fish which you have now gotten. ¹¹ Simon Peter, therefore, went up and dragged the net onto the land, brimming with one hundred fifty-three great fish. And though there were so many the net was not rent. ¹² Jesus says to them: Come, have breakfast. But none of the disciples dared to question him: Who are you? They knew that it was the Lord. ¹³ Jesus comes and takes the bread and gives it to them, and likewise the fish. ¹⁴ This is now the third [time] that Jesus appeared to the disciples after being raised from the dead.

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