Boanerges, which is Sons of thunder (Βοανηργες ο εστιν υιο βροντης). This Hebrew nickname is given only by Mark and the reason for…

Boanerges. This word is made up of two Hebrew words, signifying sons of thunder; meaning that they, in some respects, resembl…

Boanerges.—The word is an Aramaic compound (B’nè-regesh = sons of thunder). We may see in the name thus given a witness t…

The Venerable Bede: After forbidding the evil spirits to preach about Him, He chose holy men to cast out unclean spirits and to…

There are three other lists of the apostles in the NT (Matthew 10:2–4; Lk 6:14-16; Acts 1:13). The names of the Twelve as …

And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of
James
These are mentioned next, as being first called…

Christ calls whomever He wills; for His grace is His own. He had called the apostles to separate themselves from the crowd, and they came to Him. H…