ABSTRACT
John, the younger brother of James, son of Zebedee, was a fisherman in Galilee with his older brother and father until Jesus selected him to be among his closest followers (Mark 1:16; Matt 4:21–22, 10:21–22; Luke 5:1–11). Although there are four people named “John” in the New Testament,1 the apostle John is often designated as the “son of Zebedee” or the “brother of James” to separate him from the others.
