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Casting a net into the sea (ballantas amphiblēstron eis tēn thalassan). The word here for net is a casting-net (compare amphiballō in Mar 1:16, casting on both sides). The net was thrown over the shoulder and spread into a circle (amphi). In Mat 4:20 and Mat 4:21 another word occurs for nets (diktua), a word used for nets of any kind. The large drag-net (sagēnē) appears in Mat 13:47.