Easton: Zebedee

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Zebedee) · external_aligned

A Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord’s disciples (Matt. 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.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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