Mark 3:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He surnamed them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

Common English Bible

¹⁷ James and John, Zebedee’s sons, whom he nicknamed Boanerges, which means “sons of Thunder”;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name 'Boanerges,' that is, 'Sons of Thunder;'

Mark 3:17 Cross References

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Mark 14:33

He took with him Peter and James and John and began to be distressed and agitated.

Mark 5:37

He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Acts 12:1

About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

John 21:2

Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

Mark 10:35

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”

Mark 9:2

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

Isaiah 58:1

Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Revelation 10:11

Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

Matthew 4:21

As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.

Mark 3:16

So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),

Mark 3:18

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,

Luke 9:54

When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”