Calling of the disciples
The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. It appears in Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 5:1–11 on the Sea of Galilee. John 1:35–51 reports the first encounter with two of the disciples a little earlier in the presence of John the Baptist. Particularly in the Gospel of Mark, the beginning of the Ministry of Jesus and the call of the first disciples are inseparable. Gospel of John. In the Gospel of John the first disciples are also disciples of John the Baptist and  one of them is identified as Andrew, the brother of Apostle Peter: Andrew is called the "Protokletos" or "first-called". Gospel of Matthew. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark report the call of the first disciples by the Sea of Galilee: The Gospel of Luke reports the call by the Sea of Galilee too, but along with the first miraculous draught of fishes. In all Gospel accounts, this episode takes place after the Baptism of Jesus. The gathering of the disciples in follows the many patterns of discipleship that continue in the New Testament, in that those  who have received someone else's witness become witnesses to Jesus themselves. Andrew follows Jesus because of the testimony of John the Baptist, Philip brings Nathanael and the pattern continues in where the Samaritan woman at the well testifies to the town people about Jesus.