eventually left his fishing, and followed Jesus; and the opportunity this gave him of observing Jesus closely in all kinds of situations convinced him that, yes, there was a heaven, and that the majesty and glory of Jesus’ character were of unearthly origin. The same impression was made on Peter’s fellow-fisherman, *, who also later became an apostle. ‘We have seen his glory,’ says John, ‘glory as of the only Son from [God] the Father’ (John 1:14). And then over these manly, practical fishermen there