Let me recommend a good book on the calling of the disciples. “Twelve Ordinary Men” by John MacArthur gives a good account of all the disciples calling as well as a character study on each of them.

Thanks again for the comment.

For example, how would this idea make sense of Matthew’s calling? If Jesus was a rabbi, then there’s no reason to think Matthew would have followed him. Matthew had a Roman job and was an outcast from his society. He would have thought a rabbi was insane for saying, “follow me.” And there’s no reason to think he would have wanted to follow a rabbi. He had, in fact, chosen to align himself with the Romans. It would be like an American military officer asking an American Taliban member to come join our army. Would that make sense to anyone?

Also, why would Jesus have been rejected in his hometown? If he was a respected rabbi, they would not have questioned why this son of a carpenter was acting as if he had some authority to teach. Had he been a rabbi, he would have been known as one with authority to teach.