What was the relationship between James, son of Zebedee and John the Apostle?
James and John were brothers, the sons of Zebedee. Matthew 4:21; Mark 3:17
What the Bible says
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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Jesus gave them a nickname: “sons of thunder.” Mark 3:17
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James and John were brothers, the sons of Zebedee. Matthew 4:21
They were in the boat with their father, mending their nets, when Jesus called them. Matthew 4:21
Jesus gave the two of them a nickname: sons of thunder. Mark 3:17 Both were among the three whom Jesus took with him up a high mountain. Matthew 17:1 Why…
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