Mark 3:17

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James son of Zebedee and John, the brother of James (He gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder).

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  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not My word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that shatters a rock?
  • Mark 1:19-20 : 19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets. 20 Immediately, he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers and followed him.
  • Mark 5:37 : 37 He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
  • Mark 9:2 : 2 After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them.
  • Mark 10:35 : 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, 'Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.'
  • Mark 14:33 : 33 He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
  • John 21:2 : 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.
  • John 21:20-25 : 20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. This was the one who had leaned against Jesus at the supper and asked, 'Lord, who is going to betray you?' 21 When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, 'Lord, what about him?' 22 Jesus said to him, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!' 23 So this saying spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but rather, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?' 24 This is the disciple who is testifying about these things and who wrote them down, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 There are also many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written. Amen.
  • Acts 12:1 : 1 Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
  • Rev 10:11 : 11 And he told me, 'You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.'

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