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BOANERGES (Mar_3:17), ‘Sons of Thunder.’—The Master’s appellation of James and John. Jerome takes it as a reference to their fiery eloquence. Others derive it rather from their fiery disposition in early days (cf. Luk_9:52-56). It would thus be a playful yet serious sobriquet, constantly reminding them of their besetting sin and warning them to overcome it.
David Smith.