... about corrections to the minutes of the Christian Education Committee during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. Once, some years ago, they traded in their Edsels for Studebakers. They cannot help themselves; they are masters of bad timing. The mother of the sons of Zebedee -- that is, the mother of James and John -- is such a person. Taken in isolation, what she does in this story is perfectly understandable. If we cut her a bit of slack, it is perhaps even admirable. She is a mother looking out ...
... do, doesn’t it? Matthew’s Gospel tries to tone down the event a bit by saying that it was their mother who came with the request. Everybody is willing to make allowances for a mother’s ambition for her children. So James and John, the sons of Zebedee, wanted to positions of honor at Jesus’ right and left hand in His coming kingdom. That sounds like a selfish request. But give them credit for this: they believed that this itinerant rabbi from Galilee would have a kingdom! At the time they made their ...
... They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him (18-22). It’s a great story, but it’s not the whole story. If we ...
... your wife living with her mother, but, in the "man's world" of the Bible, living with your mother-in-law doesn't exactly label you a rousing success! This is further hinted at in that Simon didn't own his own business. Instead he worked with the sons of Zebedee, James and John, under their daddy's watchful eye! According to Luke's Gospel, things were not going well in the mother-in-law's house. On the day that Jesus stays with them his mother-in-law is seriously ill with a wracking fever. Jesus rebukes the ...
... of the Gentiles The Gospel of John: Jesus’ Seaside Appearance and the Call of Peter Jesus appeared again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias in this way. Gathered there were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on ...
... casting a net into the sea –for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. John’s Witness: Jesus Calls His First Disciples and Begins His Ministry in Galilee [After ...
... stories from that time until the birth of the early church: Simon Peter (the rock), one of Jesus’ first disciples and a fisherman, and Jesus’ cousin Simon’s brother Andrew, also a fisherman, and Jesus’ cousin James the son of Zebedee, a fisherman John the son of Zebedee, James’ brother. Jesus called the two brothers “the sons of Thunder” Philip Bartholomew Thomas Matthew (Levi the tax collector) James the son of Alphaeus Thaddeus, also known as Lebbaeus, and also most likely known as Judas son ...
... betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.” And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” They said to Him, “Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left ...
... . People who wanted to throw other people out because they did not express their faith in exactly the same words, or follow exactly the same rules. These people are “bigots.” I. IN THE BEGINNING, JOHN, THE SON OF ZEBEDEE, WAS ONE OF THEM. Last week we talked about James, one of the sons of Zebedee who, with their father, owned a fishing business on the Sea of Galilee. Well, James had a younger brother John, who eventually became the more famous of the two. Luke says that they were “partners with Simon ...
... ” and the untold “unchosen." This week’s gospel text reveals that the desire to be the cream of the crop has been with humanity for far longer than there has been adolescent slam books. In today’s gospel text we read about the “sons of Zebedee” and yet these disciples of Jesus come across as nothing less than “Mean Girls.” Biblical historians suggest that the origin of this week’s exchange between James, John and Jesus finds its source in Peter. James, John, and Peter were the unofficial ...
... fish for people.” Mark says, “AT ONCE they left their nets and followed him.” Notice that it doesn’t say they pondered his invitation. “At once they left their nets and followed him.” “When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. WITHOUT DELAY,” says Mark, “he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.” How did these men respond to Jesus’ call? “At once they ...
... earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us ... For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal bodies." The mother of the sons of Zebedee does not disappear from the Gospel's stage after this refusal of her request. She followed along with the others of his company and made her way to Jerusalem with the rest. Perhaps she still clutched at a hope that although the petition had been denied ...
... brother Andrew were casting a net into the Sea of Galilee, for they were fishermen by trade. Jesus walks by and says to them “Come, follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people.” Their response tells us much about these sons of Zebedee. “At once they left their nets and followed him.” (Matthew 4:18-20). Their nets represented their livelihood. They had been raised to catch fish. Fishing was their life’s vocation. The Bible indicates that Peter himself was married, possibly with a family ...
... the servants, "Do whatever He tells you." (John 2:5) That was odd. Whose wedding was it, anyway? There is an ancient Coptic version of the Gospel which never made it into our New Testament which says that it was the wedding of John, the son of Zebedee, and that John's wife was the cousin of Mary. That would explain a lot. You remember James and John, the two boys who worked with their father in the fishing business known as "Yohanan and Zebedee and Sons Fishing Industries, Inc." Another possibility is ...
... (Matthew 26:37; Mark 14-33). Some believe, at least according to John's own version of the gospel, that John was the beloved disciple to whom Jesus actually entrusted his mother as he was dying (John 19:25-27). No doubt about it, these two sons of Zebedee were truly devoted to Jesus. It is believed that James met a martyr's death after being the early church's first missionary to Spain. And John continued to carry on a ministry with Peter in Jerusalem after Jesus' ascension into heaven (Acts 3:1-4 ...
... blood, and crimson lines. I said this point was not lost on St. Martin. But it has been lost on many of our Lord’s followers who were not so eager to serve as to engage in one-upsmanship. In our lesson today, for example, we see the sons of Zebedee avidly contending for first place in the heavenly sweepstakes. So Jesus says to them: "You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you ...
... the sea for they were fishermen. [19] And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." [20] Immediately they left their nets and followed him. [21] As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. [22] Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. [23] Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news ...
... Andrew and the brothers James and John, will continue to be the most singled out of Jesus’ disciples throughout the gospel. All four are described as being actively engaged in the regions most prosperous industry, fishing. In fact, the sons of Zebedee have their own boat. There is no reason to see these first four disciples as especially “simple” or uneducated. The text describes them as actively and successfully involved in a prosperous enterprise. Nevertheless when Jesus “calls” and invites them ...
... cost. Nor did they call a committee meeting. Nor did they form an association to provide them with support. Instead, they immediately left their nets and followed him. As Jesus continued his walk along the sea side, he saw two other brothers - James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat and Zebedee, their father. They were rocking back and forth in the boat, minding their own business, and mending their nets when Jesus called out to them to follow. As with Peter and Andrew, they left their ...
... t that seem a bit abrupt to you? They're working at their nets and a stranger comes by, and he says, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." And they drop their nets and immediately they follow. Jesus goes a little farther and he sees James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he calls them, and they leave their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and follow him. What, no discussion? No "Let me think about this and I will get back to you in the ...
... he will wield significant power. And they want to be the messiah’s first-hand men, the prime ministers of piety, the “master’s pets.” Jesus is at first taken aback by their impetuous and somewhat impertinent request. But these are the sons of Zebedee. He knows them. They are not known for their deliberating, slow-moving style. They are used to a high-powered fishing industry, where they barter and compete for the best positions, deals, boats, and fees. They are behaving in character. But Jesus also ...
... are traveling will ultimately end in his trial, torture, and death. He told them that he is going to have to drink the cup of suffering. “They will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him,” He said. (Mark 10:34) Then it was that James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said , “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” (10:35) Jesus asks them what it is that they want, and they reply: “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left, in your ...
... his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. It is very difficult to discern anything special about these men that Jesus called ...
... so, they would try. Together Peter and Jesus put out the nets in deeper water away from the shore, and on the first try the nets were filled to over-flowing, requiring that Peter call for help from his fishing partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They brought their boat, and both craft were filled with so many fish that they were threatened with sinking, but they managed to get safely back to shore. Peter, in remorse for his doubt and behavior, knelt before Jesus, and confessed his feelings of ...
... who, at the Last Supper, "was leaning on Jesus’ bosom" (John 13:23-25; 21:20). Even though Peter was the accepted leader of the twelve, John appeared to be the one with the deepest relationship with Jesus. John was a fisherman of Galilee, the son of Zebedee. His older brother, James, was also a fisherman ... also one of the twelve called by Jesus ... also one of the "inner three." John became a follower of John the Baptizer; he and Andrew (Simon Peter’s brother) were disciples of John the Baptizer. Then ...