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Lu 5:11 King James And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
forsook all--They did this before (Mat 4:20); now they do it again; and yet after the Crucifixion they are at their boats once more (Joh 21:3). In such a business this is easily conceivable. After pentecost, however, they appear to have finally abandoned their secular calling.
 
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3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.