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Mark 3:17

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15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;

And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

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BSB
James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
KJV
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
WEB
James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
ASV
and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
DARBY
and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder;
BLB
and James the [son] of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He added to them the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder,
ÅB
og Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og Johannes, Jakobs bror, og han gav dem navnet Boanerges, det er tordensønner,
OTB
Jakob, sønn av Sebedeus, og Johannes, bror av Jakob (som Han ga navnet Boanerges, som betyr «tordensønner»),
B1930
og Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og Johannes, Jakobs bror, og han gav dem navnet Boanerges, det er tordensønner,

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  • Mark 5:37

    And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

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  • Hebrews 4:12

    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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  • Jeremiah 23:29

    Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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  • Mark 14:33

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

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  • John 21:20–25

    Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

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  • John 21:2

    There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

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  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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  • Mark 9:2

    And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

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