16 These are the twelve he chose:

Simon (whom he named Peter),
17 James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”[a]),
18 Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James (son of Alphaeus),
Thaddaeus,
Simon (the zealot[b]),

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 Greek whom he named Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder.
  2. 3:18 Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.

16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),(A) 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot

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