Their education had included practical instruction in caring for the material needs of their families. They were colleagues in what was evidently a lucrative fishing business. — Mark 1: 16 - 21; Luke 5: 7, 10.
कुछ प्रमुख पुरुषों ने गलीली प्रेरित पतरस और यूहन्‍ना को “अनपढ़ और साधारण मनुष्य ” समझा ।