A Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord’s disciples (Matt. 4:21; 27:56; Mark 15:40). He seems to have been a man of some position in Capernaum, for he had two boats (Luke 5:4) and “hired servants” (Mark 1:20) of his own. No mention is made of him after the call of his two sons by Jesus.
Person
Zebedee
- Name means
- abundant; portion
- Mentioned
- 11 verses · first in Matthew 4:21
Family
About Zebedee
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- AD 27Fishers of MenMatthew 4:18–22
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.