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James son of Zebedee and Jesus Christ
How James son of Zebedee and Jesus Christ are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ mentored James son of Zebedee.
Jesus called James son of Zebedee from mending nets with his father. James was one of the three Jesus took "up into an high mountain apart".
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother
Matthew 4:21, King James Version
they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him
Matthew 4:22, King James Version
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart
Matthew 17:1, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 4:18-22
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 4:18-22
18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 17:1
1And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
King James Version