Matthew 4:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

Matthew 4:20 —

Old words in this verse

straightway: — immediately.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 10:28-31
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. …
Matthew 19:27
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
1 Kings 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 after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
Luke 18:28-30
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. …
Psalms 119:60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-22)

When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who should now be the hearers, and hereafter the preachers, of his doctrine, who should now be witnesses of his miracles, and hereafter concerning them. Now, in these verses, we have an account of the first disciples that he called into fellowship with himself. And this was an instance, 1. Of effectual calling to Christ. In all his preachi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.