Matthew 4:18-22

KJV
[18] And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
[19] And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
[20] And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
[21] And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
[22] And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

Josh is the fisher of fishers. This is really impressive stuff to me. And that line, "I will make you fishers of men," that's the poet I'm looking for.

Sometimes, he feels so close. But then I think about the centuries that have intervened. There's nothing like the Middle Ages to make Josh seem light years away... all those centuries of recontextualization, recombination and redramatization. So much of our Jesus is their Jesus, even the way he looks, including the wardrobe.

But here in these verses, he is fishing. He pulls men from their jobs, from their families.

These verses are important to the apostle mythologizers. You see, the notorious Twelve Apostles are never properly named or listed. Here at least are four of them, though I would say that even these four are fabrications and confusions. This James is not the James that later is called the brother of Josh, probably another confusion, but we'll get to that. This Peter is the first Pope... yeah, right... and is that John the one who sees him on the cross? Does anyone really know?