consult with a panel of experts. They do what many a modern reader may regard as overly rash. They obey someone who happens to pass by and imperiously beckons them to follow him.15 What it means to follow Jesus is not in the forefront of Mark’s mind at this point.16 Mark’s focus falls only on Jesus as the one who calls, not on the disciples who leave their nets. Readers have been informed in the introduction that Jesus is the Son of God empowered by the Holy Spirit. The only explanation that readers