Mark 3:17
And to James the son of Zebedee and to John the brother of James, he gave the name of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
16And to Simon he gave the name of Cephas.
Cross References
Mark 1:19And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets.
Mark 9:2And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them.
Mark 14:33And he took with him Cephas and James and John, and began to be gloomy and distressed.
John 21:20And Simon turned himself, and saw coming after him, that disciple whom Jesus loved, who fell on the breast of Jesus at the supper, and said, My Lord, who is it will betray thee?
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22
The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →