MAT 4:18 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Now walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

UST One day, Jesus was walking next to the Sea of Galilee. He saw two men: Simon, who also had the name Peter, and Simon’s younger brother Andrew. They earned money by catching and selling fish. When Jesus saw them, they were using nets to try to catch fish.

BSB § As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

BLB Now walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

AICNT While walking by the Sea of Galilee, {he} [fn] saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

4:18, he: Later manuscripts read “Jesus.” TR

OEB As Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers – Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew – casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

WEBBE Walking by the sea of Galilee, he[fn] saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

4:18 TR reads “Jesus” instead of “he”

WMBB Walking by the sea of Galilee, he[fn] saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

4:18 TR reads “Yeshua” instead of “he”

NET As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

LSV And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a drag into the sea—for they were fishers—

FBV As he was walking by the sea of Galilee Jesus saw two brothers. Simon, also called Peter, and his brother Andrew, were casting a net in the sea. They made their living by catching fish.

TCNT As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

T4T One day while Jesus was walking by Galilee Lake, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the lake because they earned money by catching and selling fish.

LEB Now as he[fn] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

4:18 *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was walking”) which is understood as temporal

BBE And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers—Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew—throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers.

ASV And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

DRA And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

YLT And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea — for they were fishers —

Drby And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

RV And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

Wbstr And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

KJB-1769 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
(¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren/brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]And Iesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the Sea (for they were fishers)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

4:18 Mar.1.16.

Bshps And Iesus, walkyng by the sea of Galilee, sawe two brethren, Simon (which was) called Peter, and Andrewe his brother, castyng a nette into the sea, (for they were fysshers.)
(And Yesus/Yeshua, walkyng by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren/brothers, Simon (which was) called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting/throwing a nette into the sea, (for they were fishers.))

Gnva And Iesus walking by the sea of Galile, sawe two brethren, Simon, which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers.)
(And Yesus/Yeshua walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren/brothers, Simon, which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers.) )

Cvdl As Iesus walked by the see of Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, & Andrew his brother, castynge a net into ye see, for they were fisshers,
(As Yesus/Yeshua walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren/brothers: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting/throwing a net into ye/you_all see, for they were fishers,)

TNT As Iesus walked by the see of Galile he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter and Andrew his brother castynge a neet into the see for they were fisshers
(As Yesus/Yeshua walked by the sea of Galilee he saw two brethren/brothers: Simon which was called Peter and Andrew his brother casting/throwing a neet into the sea for they were fishers )

Wycl And Jhesus walkide bisidis the see of Galilee, and saye twei britheren, Symount, that is clepid Petre, and Andrewe, his brothir, castynge nettis in to the see; for thei weren fischeris.
(And Yhesus walkede besides the sea of Galilee, and say two brethren/brothers, Simon, that is called Petre, and Andrew, his brothir, casting/throwing nets in to the see; for they were fischeris.)

Luth Als nun JEsus an dem Galiläischen Meer ging, sah er zwei Brüder, Simon, der da heißt Petrus, und Andreas, seinen Bruder, die warfen ihre Netze ins Meer; denn sie waren Fischer.
(Als now Yesus at to_him Galiläischen sea ging, saw he two brothers, Simon, the/of_the there is_called Petrus, and Andreas, his brother, the warfen their/her Netze into_the Meer; because they/she/them were Fischer.)

ClVg Ambulans autem Jesus juxta mare Galilææ, vidit duos fratres, Simonem, qui vocatur Petrus, et Andream fratrem ejus, mittentes rete in mare (erant enim piscatores),[fn]
(Ambulans however Yesus next_to the_sea Galilææ, he_saw duos brothers, Simonem, who is_called Petrus, and Andream brother his, mittentes rete in the_sea (erant because fishermen), )

4.18 Qui vocatur Petrus. Vel quando primum Andræas adduxit eum, hoc nomen inditum est ei, dum dicitur: Tu vocaberis Cephas Joan. 1., quod interpretatur Petrus: quanquam hic videtur de futuro promittere. Vel quando confessus est: Tu es Christus Filius Dei vivi, dictum est ei: Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam Matth. 16.. BEDA. Petrus, agnoscens: Andræas, virilis: quod doctoribus convenit: quia hi soli, etc., usque ad quia vero primus homo inobediens exivit, secundus obediens ingressus est RAB. Matthæus dicit post habitationem Capharnaum discipulos vocasse. Joannes dicit, etc., usque ad ante autem quam veniret Jesus in Cana Galilææ, Andræas Petrum adduxit, sed nondum discipuli. Mittentes rete. Quia quos sæpe terrenis lucris inhiare considerat, cœlestibus desideriis advocat, et per eos retibus Evangelii, alios de profundo iniquitatis eripit, unde subdit: Venite post me, et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum Joan. 1..

4.18 Who is_called Petrus. Vel when primum Andræas adduxit him, this nomen inditum it_is ei, dum it_is_said: Tu vocaberis Cephas Yoan. 1., that interpretatur Petrus: quanquam this videtur about futuro promittere. Vel when confessus it_is: Tu you_are Christus Son of_God vivi, dictum it_is ei: Tu you_are Petrus and over hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam Matth. 16.. BEDA. Petrus, agnoscens: Andræas, virilis: that doctoribus convenit: because hi soli, etc., until to because vero primus human inobediens exivit, secundus obediens ingressus it_is RAB. Matthæus dicit after habitationem Capharnaum discipulos vocasse. Yoannes dicit, etc., until to before however how would_come Yesus in Cana Galilææ, Andræas Petrum adduxit, but nondum discipuli. Mittentes rete. Because which sæpe terrenis lucris inhiare considerat, cœlestibus desideriis advocat, and through them retibus of_the_Gospels, alios about profundo iniquitatis eripit, whence subdit: Come after me, and I_will_do you to_be_done fishermen of_men Yoan. 1..

UGNT περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν; ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς.
(peripatōn de para taʸn thalassan taʸs Galilaias, eiden duo adelfous, Simōna ton legomenon Petron kai Andrean ton adelfon autou, ballontas amfiblaʸstron eis taʸn thalassan; aʸsan gar halieis.)

SBL-GNT Περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς·
(Peripatōn de para taʸn thalassan taʸs Galilaias eiden duo adelfous, Simōna ton legomenon Petron kai Andrean ton adelfon autou, ballontas amfiblaʸstron eis taʸn thalassan, aʸsan gar halieis;)

TC-GNT Περιπατῶν [fn]δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον, καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ [fn]ἁλιεῖς.
(Peripatōn de para taʸn thalassan taʸs Galilaias eide duo adelfous, Simōna ton legomenon Petron, kai Andrean ton adelfon autou, ballontas amfiblaʸstron eis taʸn thalassan; aʸsan gar halieis. )

4:18 δε ¦ δε ο ιησους TR

4:18 αλιεις ¦ αλεεις TH WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

δὲ

and

Here, the word Now introduces the next major event in the story. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then,” or “Some time later,”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν; ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς

two brothers Simon ¬which /being/_called Peter and Andrew the brother ˱of˲_him casting /a/_casting_net into the sea ˱they˲_were for (Some words not found in SR-GNT: περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλεεῖς)

Here Matthew introduces two new characters into the story. Consider how you might introduce new characters into a story, and follow that form here. You may need to rearrange some elements of the sentence to do so. Alternate translation: “two fishermen who were casting a net into the sea. They were Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον

Simon ¬which /being/_called

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Simon, whose other name was” or “Simon, whom people also called”

Note 4 topic: translate-kinship

τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ

¬which the brother ˱of˲_him

Matthew never says whether Simon or Andrew was older, but he mentions Simon first, which could imply that he was the older brother. If you have to use a form that refers to an older or younger brother, you could state that Andrew was younger. Alternate translation: “his younger brother”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν

casting /a/_casting_net into the sea

They were casting a net in order to catch fish. If it would be helpful in your language, you can make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “casting a net into the sea to catch fish”

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς

casting /a/_casting_net into

Some cultures use a net to catch fish. A net is a mesh or network of cords or ropes which fishermen throw into the water to trap fish. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to how people catch fish in your culture, or you could use a general phrase. Alternate translation: “fishing in” or “trying to catch fish in”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

γὰρ

for

Matthew is providing this background information to help readers understand why Simon and Andrew were casting a net. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces this kind of background information. Alternate translation: “which they did because” or “since”

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