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Jesus Christ and John the Apostle
How Jesus Christ and John the Apostle are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ mentored John the Apostle.
Jesus called John from his father's ship with his brother James, and surnamed the pair Boanerges, "The sons of thunder".
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother
Matthew 4:21, King James Version
he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder
Mark 3:17, 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.
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