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In the Gospels the two brothers are often called after their father " the sons of Zebedee " and received from Christ the honourable title of Boanerges, i. e. " sons of thunder " ().
According to the usual and entirely probable explanation they became, however, for a time disciples of John the Baptist, and were called by Christ from the circle of John's followers, together with Peter and Andrew, to become His disciples ().
The first disciples returned with their new Master from the Jordan to Galilee and apparently both John and the others remained for some time with Jesus ( cf.
Yet after the second return from Judea, John and his companions went back again to their trade of fishing until he and they were called by Christ to definitive discipleship (; ).
In the lists of the Apostles John has the second place ( Acts 1: 13 ), the third (), and the fourth (; ), yet always after James with the exception of a few passages (; 9: 28 in the Greek text ; Acts 1: 13 ).
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