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James son of Zebedee and John the Apostle
How James son of Zebedee and John the Apostle are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
James son of Zebedee and John the Apostle were siblings.
James and John were sons of Zebedee, mending nets with their father when Jesus called the two brothers together.
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father
Matthew 4:21, King James Version
James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James
Mark 3:17, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 4:21
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 4:21
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.
Mark 3:17
17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
King James Version