ἀνθρώπων. (anthropon) in Matthew 4:19: Noun Genitive Plural Masculine

Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, quality, or concept in the clause.

Genitive: the case marks how the form functions in this occurrence.

Plural: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.

Masculine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.

Of men

The mission image's genitive object

Specifies the people in the fishers image.

Do not reduce people to objects of technique.

High: The genitive noun completes the mission image.

Genitive completing fishers. specifies the people in the image. Attached to of men. Governed by the mission image's genitive object. Read with fishers as one phrase.

Fishers of what? Fishers of men.

Direct: The form directly supports of men.

The noun identifies people, while the mission pattern needs wider context.

Genitive noun turns people into technique: The phrase is metaphorical and must be handled with pastoral care.

The witness reads ἀνθρώπων. in Matthew 4:19.

The lemma ἄνθρωπος carries the gloss "a man, one of the human race", and here it names human beings as the concern of the mission image.

The genitive noun completes fishers and tells what kind of fishing image Jesus uses.

Jesus redirects the fishermen toward people in kingdom mission.

The form fits the Gospel's outward movement toward human response to Jesus.

Use it to keep the image personal rather than procedural.

Do not use the genitive alone to define mission methods.