fishermen. The word translated circle-casting is the Greek amphiballo; it describes a particular kind of fishnet—not the huge dragnet that was dragged behind a boat, but a smaller circle-net, weighted on the edges, which was thrown into shallower waters from near the shore. In the midst of this mundane life, He called them to come after Him and become His disciples. If they did that, they would become fishers of men. The concept of becoming fishers of men now has a warm evangelistic feel about it,