Zebedee

("God has given")

The father of the two disciples James and John (Matt 4:21; 10:2; 26:37) and like them a fisherman (Mark 1:19). When Jesus called James and John from their father and the nets, they obeyed, leaving Zebedee behind in his boat. Nothing is related of him subsequently.

Concordance
Matt 4:21; 10:2; 20:20; 26:37; 27:56. Mark 1:19-20; 3:17; 10:35. Luke 5:10. John 21:2

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Zebedee (zĕb'ədē) [Gr., for Zebadiah], in the New Testament, father of James and John. His wife Salome attended Jesus.

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In the New Testament, a fisherman whose sons James and John became disciples of Jesus.

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Zebedee (zibhdi, "the gift of God"; Zebadiah) is a name used in several contexts:

In the Bible, Zebedee was a Hebrew fisherman, the husband of Salome, and the father of James and John, two of the Apostles of Jesus
Zebedee is a character in the BBC children's programme The Magic Roundabout.
Zebedee is a character from 1989 children's television series TUGS.
New Zebedee is the name of a fictional town which appears in children's works by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland.
Zebedee Soanes is a continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.
Zeberdee is also the name of a cocaine addict in the movie The Football Factory nicknamed after the Magic Roundabout character.
Zebedee is also a Secure IP Tunnel (Zlib compression, Blowfish encryption and Diffie-Hellman key agreement.) Zebedee Secure IP Tunnel

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