Boanerges] The sons of Zebedee are so named from their vehement character, and perhaps also from their powerful eloquence (cp. Mark 9:38; Mark 10:37; Luke 9:53). So Virgil speaks of 'the twin Scipiadæ, those two thunderbolts of war.' The form Boanerges is corrupt and its derivation doubtful. Probably it stands for the Heb. Bʾne regesh, 'sons of tumult.' Regesh means 'thunder' in Arabic, and it may have done so (though there is no clear evidence that it did) in Hebrew and Aramaic.

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