probably in Bethsaida, where his father, Zebedee, was a wealthy fisherman. His mother’s name was Salome; she later accompanied Jesus on some of his travels, along with her two sons, John and James. John early became a disciple of John the Baptist, but after Jesus’s baptism followed him. After the arrest of John the Baptist, John was called by Jesus to leave his fishing nets to become a permanent part of Jesus’s group (Mark 1:16–20) and was later made one of the twelve apostles (Mark 3:13–19). He formed part of an “inner circle” of apostles and was personally present with Jesus at the raising of Jairus’s daughter (Luke 8:51),
