that Simon and Andrew worked without benefit of a boat, standing in the shoals and casting their nets in the shallow waters (Waetjen 1989:79). James and John, on the other hand, were part of a family business that owned a boat. They worked with their father, Zebedee. Nothing here indicates that Jesus had any prior contact with these people or that they knew anything about him. In the Gospel of John several men who eventually follow Jesus are either in the company of John the Baptist or are introduced