Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Matthew 4:18
Casting a net into the sea (ballantav amfiblhstron eiv thn qalassan). The word here for net is a casting-net (compare amfiballw in Mark 1:16, casting on both sides). The net was thrown over the shoulder and spread into a circle (amfi). In Matthew 4:20-21 another word occurs for nets (diktua), a word used for nets of any kind. The large drag-net (saghnh) appears in Matthew 13:47.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 4:18:
Mark 1:16
Mark 2:13
Luke 5:1
John 1:40
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