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Barnes' Notes
Left their father - This showed how willing they were to follow Jesus. They showed us what we ought to do. If necessary, we should leave father, and mother, and every friend, Luk 14:26. If they will…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and their father St Mark (Mar 1:20) adds "with the hired servants." We may infer that Zebedee and his sons and their partners were raised above the lowest social rank.
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