to be troubled, great distress or anguish, depressed

to be the first to do (anything), to begin

to be chief, leader, ruler

to begin, make a beginning

himself, herself, itself, themselves

to throw into terror or amazement

1. to alarm thoroughly, to terrify

to be struck with amazement

1. to be thoroughly amazed, astounded

2. to be struck with terror

James = "supplanter"

1. son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle John, commonly called James the greater or elder, slain by Herod, Acts 12

2. an apostle, son of Alphaeus, called the less

3. James the half-brother of Christ

4. an unknown James, father of the apostle Judas (?)

John = "Jehovah is a gracious giver"

1. John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, the forerunner of Christ. By order of Herod Antipas he was cast into prison and afterwards beheaded.

2. John the apostle, the writer of the Fourth Gospel, son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James the elder. He is that disciple who (without mention by name) is spoken of in the Fourth Gospel as especially dear to Jesus and according to the traditional opinion is the author of the book of Revelation.

3. John surnamed Mark, the companion of Barnabas and Paul. #Acts 12:12

4. John a certain man, a member of the Sanhedrin. # Ac 4:6

and, also, even, indeed, but

with, after, behind

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self

1. an associate, a companion

2. metaph.

   1. to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be

   2. not to reject, not to withhold obedience

to receive something transmitted

1. an office to be discharged

2. to receive with the mind

   1. by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds

   2. by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)

Peter = "a rock or a stone"

1. one of the twelve disciples of Jesus