<p>1:16 <em>And passing along by the sea of Galilee</em>- The Greek could mean that He walked around the entire lake. But He waited to call them, it seems, until the most inconvenient moment, just as the nets were in mid-air. And His call likewise comes to us in the midst of daily life.</p><p><em>He saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen</em>- Literally, 'salty ones'. The Greek can equally mean 'sailors'. The Lord must have had this in mind when He said that they were &quot;the salt of the earth&quot; (Mt. 5:13). If we are likewise the salt of the earth in our influence upon others, we will find ourselves as the modern counterpart to those 'salty ones' who followed the Lord in His Galilee days.</p>