What was the relationship between Zebedee and James, son of Zebedee?
Zebedee was the father of James. They were together in the boat when Jesus called James. Matthew 4:21-22
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.
If someone told it to you in today’s words
Zebedee was in the boat with his sons, James and John. Matthew 4:21
They were mending their nets when Jesus passed by and called them. Matthew 4:21
James and his brother left their father in the boat with the hired men, and followed Jesus. Mark 1:20 How do you think Zebedee felt, left in his boat?
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