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Zebedee (disambiguation)

Zebedee (zibhdi, "the gift of God"; cf. Zebadiah) was the Biblical father of James and John.

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Zebedee (, Zebedaios, ; , Zvad'yah, ), according to all four Canonical gospels, was the father of James and John, two disciples of Jesus. The gospels also suggest that he was the husband of Salome: whereas Mark 15:40 names the women present at the crucifixion as " Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome", the parallel passage in Matthew 27:56 has "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children." The Catholic Encyclopedia concludes that the Salome of Mark 15:40 is probably identical with the mother of the sons of Zebedee in Matthew.

Zebedee was presumably a fisherman, "probably of some means." Although named several times in the gospels, the only times he actually appears are in Matthew 4:21-22 and Mark 1:19-20, where he is left in the boat after Jesus called James and John. Mark noting that Zebedee was left with the "hired men" and Gospel of Luke 5:4 noting two boats imply the family had some wealth. Zebedee lived at or near Bethsaida.