Boanerges: Surname of the Sons of Zebedee
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Mark 3:17
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
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993. Boanerges -- Boanerges, an epithet applied to the two sons of ...
... Short Definition: Boanerges Definition: Boanerges, sons of thunder. ... these brothers
(James, John), "sons of tumult ... not perpetuated like the surname Peter (this ...
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Life and Character of John
... In the Gospel of Mark, John appears as a Son of Thunder (Boanerges). [571] This
surname, given to ... In their early history the sons of Zebedee misunderstood the ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 41 life and character.htm

The Gospel According to St. John
... fiery temperament caused our Lord to give them the surname of Boanerges ("sons of
thunder"). In the fourth Gospel the name of John the son of Zebedee is never ...
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Ambassadors for Christ
... And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and He surnamed them
Boanerges, which is, The sons of ... The surname of Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/ambassadors for christ.htm

The Gospel According to St. Mark
... the names of Alexander and Rufus, the sons of Simon of Cyrene (xv.21); Salome, the
mother of Zebedee's children (xv.40); and Boanerges, their surname (iii.17). ...
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Mark.
... [942] The surname supplanted the ... names and phrases in the original Aramaic, as "Abba,"
"Boanerges," "Talitha kum ... of Peter" the designation of the sons of Zebedee ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 81 mark.htm

The Call of Matthew - the Saviour's Welcome to Sinners - Rabbinic ...
... have been Judas Lebb??us, and his surname Thadd??us ... the brother of Joseph, while the
sons of Zebedee ... account for the Grecianised form Boanerges (sons of thunder ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xvii the call of.htm

New Testament History and Prophecy.
... ascribed to John the son of Zebedee, brother of ... who earned the sobriquet of Boanerges,
"Sons of thunder ... the (to Jewish ears) blasphemous surname of Augustus ...
/.../gladden/who wrote the bible/chapter x new testament history.htm

Resources
What can we learn from what the Bible says about James the apostle? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus refer to James and John as the sons of thunder? | GotQuestions.org

Who was John the Apostle in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Boanerges: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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