Mark 3:17 meaning and explanation
James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
Mark 3:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Mark is listing the twelve men Jesus appointed as apostles, and here he pauses over two brothers, James and John, the fishermen sons of Zebedee. Jesus gives them a nickname, Boanerges, which Mark translates for his Greek-speaking readers as Sons of Thunder.
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