Zebedee is the father of James and John.
He left his father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants.
Zebedee is a Galilean fisherman. Jesus calls his sons, James and John, from the boat, and they leave their father with the hired servants. The mother of the sons of Zebedee asks that her sons sit at His right and left, and she is among the women at the cross. Zebedee is named because his sons are named from him. The boat and the hired men say the family had a trade. The sons leave the boat. The father is not said to follow.
- James and John are the sons of Zebedee, and Jesus calls them Boanerges, sons of thunder.
- The hired servants stay with Zebedee. The call takes the sons, not the business.
- His wife is not named in the text. She is the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
James the son of Zebedee and John his brother.
They left their father Zebedee in the boat.
The mother of the sons of Zebedee.
- Zebedee is the father of James and John.
- They were mending nets in the boat with him.
- They left him with the hired servants.
- Jesus named the sons Boanerges.
- Their mother asked for the places at His right and left.
- The text does not say Zebedee followed.
- The Man – A fisherman.
- The Sons – James and John.
- The Boat – Left with the hired men.
- The Name – Sons of thunder.
- The Mother – Unnamed, at the cross.
- The Call – The sons go. The father stays.
- Matthew 4:21-22 – “He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
- Mark 1:19-20 – “He saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.”
- Mark 3:17 – “James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder.”
- Matthew 10:2 – “The names of the twelve apostles are these… James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.”
- Luke 5:10 – “So also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.”
- Matthew 20:20 – “The mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.”
- Matthew 27:56 – “Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.”
- Mark 10:35 – “James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said, Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
- John 21:2 – “Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.”
- Acts 12:2 – “He killed James the brother of John with the sword.”
James the son of Zebedee and John his brother.
They left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants.
He named them Boanerges, Sons of Thunder.
Zebedee is the father in the boat. The sons follow Jesus. The text does not say he did.
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