Mark Chapter 3 verse 17 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Boanerges.--The word is an Aramaic compound (B'ne-regesh = sons of thunder). We may see in the name thus given a witness to the fiery zeal of the sons of Zebedee, seen, e.g., in their wish to call down fire from heaven on the Samaritans (Luke 9:54), and John's desire to stop the work of one who cast out devils (Luke 9:49), or the prayer of the two brothers that they might sit on their Lord's right hand and on His left in His kingdom (Matthew 20:21). It was, we may well believe, that burning zeal that made James the proto-martyr of the Apostolic company (Acts 12:2). We can scarcely fail to trace in the multiplied "thunderings and voices" of the Apocalypse (Revelation 4:5; Revelation 6:1; Revelation 8:5), and in the tradition of John's indignant shrinking from contact with the heretic Cerinthus. that which was in harmony with the spiritual being of the Seer, and with the name which his Lord had thus given him. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...GreekJamesἸάκωβον (Iakōbon)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 2385: The same as Iakob Graecized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites.[son]τὸν (ton)Article - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.ofτοῦ (tou)Article - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.ZebedeeΖεβεδαίου (Zebedaiou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2199: Zebedee, father of the apostles James and John. Of Hebrew origin; Zebedaeus, an Israelite.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. hisἸακώβου (Iakōbou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2385: The same as Iakob Graecized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites.brotherἀδελφὸν (adelphon)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.JohnἸωάννην (Iōannēn)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.([whom]αὐτοῖς (autois)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person PluralStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.He namedὀνόματα (onomata)Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.Boanerges,Βοανηργές (Boanērges)Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 993: Boanerges, sons of thunder. Of Chaldee origin; sons of commotion; Boanerges, an epithet of two of the apostles.meaningἐστιν (estin)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.SonsΥἱοὶ (Huioi)Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.of Thunder),Βροντῆς (Brontēs)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 1027: Thunder. Akin to bremo; thunder.Jump to PreviousJames John Means Names Second Surname Surnamed Thunder Zabdi Zebedee Zeb'edee