John

Also called Boanerges

Belongs to: Apostles, Apostles (Post-Ascension), Apostles (The Eleven)

Father: Zebedee

Mother: Mother of Zebedees children

Siblings: James

Mentioned in 35 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where John is mentioned

  • Acts 1:13

    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

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  • Acts 3:1–4

    1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

    2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

    3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.

    4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

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  • Acts 3:11

    While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.

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  • Acts 4:13

    When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

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  • Acts 4:19

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  • Acts 8:14

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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  • Acts 12:2

    He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

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  • Galatians 2:9

    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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  • Luke 5:9–10

    9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

    10 and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”

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  • Luke 6:14–15

    14 Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

    15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

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