Note 1 at Lk. 5:1: Although the first and second call of these four disciples have similarities, close examination will show that these are two separate instances.

Notice six differences between this second time that Jesus called these disciples and the first calling recorded in Matthew 4:18-22 and Mark 1:16-20 on page 64. In this second call here in Luke, (1) Andrew and Peter were on the shore washing their nets. In the first call, they were in their boats out on the lake casting a net into the sea. (2) James and John were also on the shore washing their nets, whereas in the first call, they were in the ship with their father mending their nets. (3) Only the second call shows Jesus using one of their boats from which to teach the people. (4) Only this second call records the miraculous catch of fish. (5) Peter's reaction to the miraculous catch in verse 8 is not recorded in the first call. (6) In Luke, James and John brought their ship to land and forsook all. In Matthew and Mark, they left the washing of their nets and forsook all.

These differences prove that Jesus called these four disciples to follow Him on two different occasions and vindicate Luke's chronological listing of this event.