Mark 3:17

3:17 to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, ¹  he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);

Mark 6:18

6:18 For John had repeatedly told ²  Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ³ 

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¹ tn Grk “to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James.”

² tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

³ sn It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife. This was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.