Topic
Fisher
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 4:19Easton
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Mark 1:17Easton
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
- Luke 5:2Easton
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.