Mark 1:19 Commentary - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
§ 23. RETIREMENT INTO GALILEE, Mar 1:14 .
§ 24. MINISTRY IN GALILEE, Mar 1:14-15 .
§ 26. CALL OF FOUR DISCIPLES, Mar 1:16-20 .
19. Mending their nets Why does Mark mention that they were mending their nets, while he mentions that Peter and Andrew were casting theirs into the sea? This casual expression would be wholly unexplained if we had not an account from another evangelist, namely, Luke, who tells us that the miracle of the immense draught of fishes had been performed, by which the nets of both boats had been broken. This slight clause, thus inserted for no apparent purpose, is one of those undesigned coincidences which show that truth is at the bottom of both narratives. It suggests that the evangelist Mark is aware of more facts than it is consistent with his brevity of purpose to narrate. See note on Mar 1:1. It also suggests that, had we a fifth evangelist, many of the difficulties which now embarrass us in the Gospels would entirely disappear. Meanwhile these slight variations show that there is no combination between the narrators, but that all are reporting the same facts.
Consult other comments:
Mark 1:19 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Mark 1:19 - The Greek Testament
Mark 1:19 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Mark 1:19 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mark 1:19 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mark 1:19 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:19 - Mr. D's Notes on Selected New Testament Books by Stanley Derickson
Mark 1:19 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mark 1:19 - Geneva Bible Notes
Mark 1:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Mark 1:19 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Mark 1:19 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Mark 1:19 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mark 1:19 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mark 1:19 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mark 1:19 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mark 1:19 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark 1:19 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Mark 1:19 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) was a prominent university professor, theologian, and author. He served as Professor of Ancient Languages at Wesleyan University in Connecticut; as Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan; and as editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review from 1856 to1884. He authored numerous books including Commentary on the New Testament (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1860); Commentary on the Old Testament (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1873); What is Arminianism? (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1879); and Essays, Reviews, and Discourses (New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887).