Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.
Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;
Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.
They left their nets immediately and followed him.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);
He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael (who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together.
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.