“James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Mark 3 contains 35 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.