[12] Vid. John i. 42; Mark iii. 16; Matt. xvi. 18; Luke xxii. 32; John xxi. 15.
[13] Passaglia, p. 35-7.
[14] John i. 35-42.
[15] S. Chrysostome on the text. S. Cyril on John i. 42.
[16] Isai. xxviii. 16; Ps. cxvii. 22; Dan. ii. 35; Zach. iii. 9; Eph. ii. 20.
[17] Theodoret on Dan. ii. 34.
[18] Ambrose on Luke, Lib. 6, n. 97.
[19] Serm. iv. 2.
[20] For the name Boanerges, which in one place is given to the two sons of Zebedy, is in the first place a joint name; secondly, it is nowhere else referred to, and does not take the place of their birth-names; thirdly, it indicates not an official dignity, but an inward disposition. We cannot doubt that such a name bestowed on the two brothers was a mark of great distinction, but, for the above reasons, it cannot come into competition with the name of Peter. See Passaglia, p. 44, n. 38.
[21] Mark iii. 14; Matt. x. 1; Luke vi. 14.