Easton's Bible Dictionary A Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord's disciples (Matthew 4:21; 27:56; Mark 15:40). He seems to have been a man of some position in Capernaum, for he had two boats (Luke 5:4) and "hired servants" (Mark 1:20) of his own. No mention is made of him after the call of his two sons by Jesus. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ZEBEDEE zeb'-e-de (zibhdi, "the gift of God"; Zebedaios): The father of the apostles James and John (Mark 1:19) and a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee (Mark 1:20), the husband of Salome (Matthew 27:56; compare Mark 16:1). See JAMES; SALOME.

Multi-Version Concordance Zebedee (11 Occurrences) Matthew 4:21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Matthew 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Matthew 20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Matthew 26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Matthew 27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Mark 1:19 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Mark 1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Mark 3:17 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder; (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Mark 10:35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask." (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Luke 5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive." (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) John 21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)