In this way there gathered round the carpenter of Nazareth more disciples and friends, who wished to accompany Him in His wanderings through the land.

For Jesus had decided.

He desired only to wander through the land and bring men tidings of the Heavenly Father and of the Kingdom of God.

He appointed some of His disciples to prepare for Him a reception and lodging everywhere.

Then there were the assemblies of the people to regulate; and the disciples, so far as they themselves understood the new teaching, must act as interpreters and expositors for those who could not understand the Master's peculiar language.
Among those was John, the carpenter, who had once been an apprentice to Jesus, a near relative of the Master.