Luke 5:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:10

10. Sons of Zebedee The children and wife of Zebedee often occur; but it is in this transaction alone that we catch a glimpse of Zebedee himself. Matthew 4:21. As all the evangelists concur in silently leaving him out, Blunt concludes that he died shortly after, and notes this as one of those “undesigned coincidences” that show that truth is the basis of the Gospel histories. He also acutely conjectures that either James or John was the apostle who desired to be permitted to go and bury ... read more