Boanerges

• “James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder";”

  The Gospels in Four Part Harmony

• “John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or 'Sons of Thunder';”

  Catholic Online > Daily Readings

• “And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:”

  Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences

• “But you never find James called Boanerges, or John so called, either by themselves or by others.”

  From the Talmud and Hebraica

• “When the denomination is made from a common name, and not a proper, then it is not so ill sounding to interpret the word: which is done once and again; Mark 3: 17, Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: Acts 4: 36,”

  From the Talmud and Hebraica

• “What Elias once did to those of Samaria, the sons of Zebedee had an ambition to imitate in this place; dreaming (as it should seem) that there were those thunders and lightnings in their very name Boanerges, that should break out at pleasure for the death and destruction of those that provoked them.”

  From the Talmud and Hebraica

• “Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is.”

  Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark

• “And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he named them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.”

  The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision

• “They were called Boanerges -- sons of thunder -- probably on account of their energy and power in preaching the gospel, or of their vehement and rash zeal -- a remarkable example of which we have in this instance, Mr 3: 17.”

  Barnes New Testament Notes

• “This James the apostle is said James the son of Zebedee, brother of S. John the Evangelist and Boanerges, that is the son of thunder, and James the”

  The Golden Legend, vol. 4

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