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Zebedee [Gr., for Zebadiah ], in the New Testament, father of James and John. His wife Salome attended Jesus.

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Zebedee The father and partner of James and John (Mark 1: 19–20) and a fisherman who employed staff (Mark 1: 20). His wife left home and followed Jesus (Matt. 27: 56), at least at the end of his life.

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