Thematic Bible: Father of james and john (nicknamed "boanerges")
Thematic Bible
Zebedee » Father of james and john (nicknamed "boanerges")
Immediately He called them [to become His followers] and they left their father, Zebedee, and went along with Him.
Then the mother of Zebedee's sons [i.e., James and John] came to Jesus with her sons and, bowing down in reverence before Him, made a request of Him.
[As] Jesus went from there He saw two [other] brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in the boat with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. He called them,
Among them were Mary from Magdala; Mary, the mother of James and Joseph [i.e., probably the wife of Clopas. See John 19:25]; and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee [i.e., Salome. Mark 15:40].