Markus 1:19

1:19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their ¹  boat mending nets.

Markus 10:35

The Request of James and John

10:35 Then ²  James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

Markus 13:3

Signs of the End of the Age

13:3 So ³  while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, ⁴  and Andrew asked him privately,

[1:19]  ¹ tn Or “a boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do in Matt 4:21); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats).

[10:35]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[13:3]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “and James and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.