Topic
Boanerges
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Mark 3:17Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Surname of the sons of Zebedee
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
- Luke 9:54Easton · Smith
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
- Matthew 20:20Smith
¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
- Mark 9:38Smith
¶ And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
bo-a-nur'-jez (Boanerges; bene reghesh, "sons of thunder"): The surname bestowed by Jesus upon James and John, the sons of Zebedee, when they were ordained to the apostleship (Mr 3:17). See JAMES. It has also been regarded as an equivalent of the "Heavenly Twins," the Sons of Zeus or Thunder. According to this interpretation, the name Boanerges would represent the Dioscuri in some form or other of their varied presentation in the cults of the Mediterranean (compare Professor J. Rendel Harris in The Expositor, series vii, III, 146).
C. M. Kerr
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Surname of the sons of Zebedee Mr 3:17
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.