Mark 3:17

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, to whom He gave the added name Boanerges, which means “Sons of Thunder,”

Cross References

Matthew 4:21

[As] Jesus went from there He saw two [other] brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in the boat with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. He called them,

Mark 10:35

Now James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over to Jesus and said to Him, “We would like you to do for us whatever we ask you.”

Mark 14:33

And He took Peter, James and John with Him and began to be troubled and deeply distressed.

Mark 3:16

These apostles were: Simon, to whom He gave the added name Peter,

Mark 3:18

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same person as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Matthew [i.e., the same person as Levi. See Mark 2:14], Thomas [i.e., the same person as Didymus. See John 11:16], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same person as Judas, the son of James. See Luke 6:16], Simon the Cananaean [i.e., the same person as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15],

Mark 5:37

He did not allow anyone to follow Him [i.e., to the official’s house] except Peter, James and his brother John.

Mark 9:2

And after six days had passed, Jesus took Peter, James and John aside alone and went up to a high mountain [i.e., probably Mt. Tabor, which was nearby]. [There] His whole appearance was [miraculously] changed in front of them.

Luke 9:54

And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said [to Him], “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to burn them up?”

John 21:2

Simon Peter; Thomas, called “The Twin;” Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee; the sons of Zebedee [i.e., James and John] and two other disciples of Jesus were [all] together [at the lake].

Acts 12:1

Now about that time King Herod began a persecution of certain people in the [Jerusalem] church. [Note: This man was the grandson of Herod the Great. See Matt. 2:1].

Hebrews 4:12

For God’s word is alive and active and sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates [deep enough] even to divide [a person’s] soul [from his] spirit, and his joints [from his] bone marrow [Note: This is figurative language describing the penetrating effect of God’s word into a person’s spiritual, inner being] and is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of a person’s heart.

Revelation 10:11

And they said to me [Note: The plural “they” may mean simply “it was told to me”], “You must prophesy again about many races, and nations, and language groups and kings.”