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What does Mark 3:17 mean?
"James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);"
— Mark 3:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
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