Jesus, having enlisted Simon, Peter and Andrew, “saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they also were in their boat, repairing their nets. All at once he called them, and they, leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, turned aside after him” (Mark 1:19-20).
Curiously, James is never mentioned by name in the Gospel supposedly written by his brother John. Nor, for that matter, is John himself, save as “the disciple whom Jesus loved”. In addition, there is a single allusion to “the sons of Zebedee” as witnesses to the Resurrection (John 21:2).
