Welcome back to our next study on the Gospel of Mark.

Here we find Jesus now in Galilee.

We've seen him baptized, driven by the Spirit, tested by the devil,

and now in verse 16, we see him walking on the shore of Galilee, the Sea of Galilee.

So let's turn to that passage. It says in Mark chapter 1, verse 16,

and passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew.

Andrew, the brother of Simon, as he goes on to say, casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen.

And Jesus said to them, follow me, and I will make you

become fishers of men. And immediately they left their nets and followed him. Of course it's

immediate. You expect that in Mark's gospel now, right? And going on a little farther, he saw James,

the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother,

who were in their boat mending their nets.

And immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee in the boat,

with the hired servants, and followed him.

Now it's pretty dramatic.

This is the first encounter that Mark narrates of Jesus encountering Andrew and Peter and James and John.

And Jesus passes by them and calls them.

And they drop their nets.

And they leave everything and follow Jesus.

Very dramatic.

Now, in John's Gospel, we get the idea that, you know, there was more conversation and there was hearing. In Luke chapter 5, Luke narrates how Jesus had given a sermon out of Peter's boat before Peter follows him. Right. So historically, we know from both Luke and John that there was a lot more interaction, but for Mark, he wants to make it dramatic.

He wants to sum it down to Jesus came, encountered them, called them, and they followed.

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