# Zebedee

> father of James and John, two disciples of Jesus

**Wikidata**: [Q169363](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169363)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/zebedee

## Summary

Zebedee was born on January 1, 1 BC  and worked as a fisher [1]. He was married to Salome [2], and together they had three children: St. James the Elder, John the Apostle, and Boanerges [2][3][1].


## References

1. Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
2. Gospel of Mark
3. Gospel of Matthew
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013