And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Key themes
FaithSuffering and trialsDiscipleshipThe cross
Glossary
- Zebedee Person
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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 ).