When Jesus heard that John the Baptist was imprisoned, He left Nazareth to live on the coast of the Sea of Galilee in Capernaum which was bordered by Zabulon and Nephthalim. This move by Jesus fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah--"The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up" (Matthew 4:15,16). Thus, Jesus' ministry began. He preached and said, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (v.17).
While walking the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus came upon two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew, who were 'casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers' (v. 18). Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men" (v.19). "And they [immediately] left their nets, and followed him" (v. 20).
After calling Simon Peter and Andrew, Jesus called two other brothers, James and John, who he saw in a ship with their father, Zebedee. James and John were repairing their nets. "And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed [Jesus]" (v.22).
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan" (vs.23-25).
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