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 10:35

The Request of James and John

10:35 Then ²  James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

Mark 2:19

2:19 Jesus ³  said to them, “The wedding guests ⁴  cannot fast while the bridegroom ⁵  is with them, can they? ⁶  As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

[3:17]  ¹ tn Grk “to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James.”

[10:35]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[2:19]  ³ tn Grk “And Jesus.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).

[2:19]  ⁵ sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).

[2:19]  ⁶ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “can they?”).