Calling of the disciples

Jesus (on the left) is being identified by John the Baptist as the "Lamb of God who takes away of the sins of the world", in John 1:29.[1] 17th century depiction by Vannini.
Tissot, James, The calling of Peter and Andrew.

The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament.[2][3] It appears in Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 5:1–11 on the Sea of Galilee. John 1:35–51 reports the first encounter with two of the disciples a little earlier in the presence of John the Baptist. Particularly in the Gospel of Mark, the beginning of the Ministry of Jesus and the call of the first disciples are inseparable.[4]

  1. ^ Bulgakov, Sergei (2008), The Lamb of God, Wm. B. Eerdmans, p. 263, ISBN 978-0-8028-2779-1.
  2. ^ Morris, Leon (1992), The Gospel according to Matthew, Wm. B. Eerdmans, p. 83, ISBN 0-85111-338-9.
  3. ^ Craddock, Fred B. (1991), Luke, p. 69, ISBN 0-8042-3123-0.
  4. ^ LaVerdiere, Eugene (1999), The beginning of the Gospel: introducing the Gospel according to Mark, Liturgical Press, p. 50, ISBN 0-8146-2478-2.