Mark 3:17

ii. James the son of Zebedeeand Salome (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40), a native of Bethsaida, commonly known as James "the Great," the first of the Apostolic body to suffer martyrdom, and the only one of the Twelve whose death is actually recorded in the New Testament.

iii. John the brother of James, who never in his Gospel calls himself by this name, but sometimes "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23; John 19:26), sometimes "the other disciple" (John 18:15; John 20:2-3). To him our Lord committed the care of His earthly mother. These brothers were surnamed by our Lord, according to St Mark, Boanerges, i. e. "sons of thunder," in allusion we may believe to the fiery intrepid zeal which marked their character. Of this feature we have traces in Luke 9:54; Mark 9:38; Mark 10:37.