Passage

Mark 1.16-20

Book: Mark · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"14. Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15. and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel."

"16. And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers. 17. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18. And straightway they left the nets, and followed him. 19. And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets. 20. And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him."

"21. And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. 22. And they were astonished at his teaching: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes." (Mark 1:14-22, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"14. Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom, 15. and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”"

"16. Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.” 18. Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 19. Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 20. Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him."

"21. They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. 22. They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes." (Mark 1:14-22, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"14. Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15. And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

"16. Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 17. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18. And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 19. And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20. And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him."

"21. And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes." (Mark 1:14-22, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"14. And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, 15. and saying, 'Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'"

"16. And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, 17. and Jesus said to them, 'Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' 18. and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. 19. And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, 20. and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him."

"21. And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching, 22. and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes." (Mark 1:14-22, YLT)

Setting

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Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Andrew the Apostle

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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