Zebedee in the Bible
Father of James and John (nicknamed "Boanerges")
- Matthew 4:21 And 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.
- Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
- Matthew 27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
- Mark 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
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