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'''David Zebedee''', brother of the [[apostles]] [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [[James, the Apostle|James Zebedee]], was a [[friend]] and [[devoted]] supporter of the [[work]] of [[Jesus]] and his apostles. He [[volunteered]] to operate an [[intelligence]] service in [[support]] of the work of the apostolic party that afforded them the benefit of a [[messenger]] service keeping various [[groups]] of [[disciples]] in [[touch]] with what transpired during the [[course]] of Jesus public ministry. He was the only one who knew in advance of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]]' [[plan]] to [[betray]] his apostolic [[friends]]. Also, he was the only one of the leading [[disciples]] of Jesus who was inclined to take a [[literal]] and plain matter-of-fact view of [[the Master]]’s assertion that he would die and “rise again on the third day.” When [[the apostles]] refused to [[believe]] the report of the women who had first seen [[Jesus]] in his [[resurrected]] form, it was David Zebedee, against the [[wishes]] of [[the apostles]], who did not [[hesitate]] to address his [[messengers]] assembled at the home of Nicodemus,  

'''David Zebedee''', brother of the [[apostles]] [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [[James, the Apostle|James Zebedee]], was a [[friend]] and [[devoted]] supporter of the [[work]] of [[Jesus]] and his apostles. He [[volunteered]] to operate an [[intelligence]] service in [[support]] of the work of the apostolic party that afforded them the benefit of a [[messenger]] service keeping various [[groups]] of [[disciples]] in [[touch]] with what transpired during the [[course]] of Jesus public ministry. He was the only one who knew in advance of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]]' [[plan]] to [[betray]] his apostolic [[friends]]. Also, he was the only one of the leading [[disciples]] of Jesus who was inclined to take a [[literal]] and plain matter-of-fact view of [[the Master]]’s assertion that he would die and “rise again on the third day.” When [[the apostles]] refused to [[believe]] the report of the women who had first seen [[Jesus]] in his [[resurrected]] form, it was David Zebedee, against the [[wishes]] of [[the apostles]], who did not [[hesitate]] to address his [[messengers]] assembled at the home of Nicodemus saying,  

<blockquote>" Men and brethren, all this time you have served me in [[accordance]] with your [[oath]] to me and to one another, and I call you to [[witness]] that I have never yet sent out false [[information]] at your hands. I am about to send you on your last [[mission]] as volunteer [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]], and in so doing I release you from your [[oaths]] and thereby disband the messenger corps. Men, I [[declare]] to you that we have finished our [[work]]. No more does [[the Master]] have need of [[mortal]] [[messengers]]; he has risen from the [[dead]]. He told us before they [[arrested]] him that he would die and rise again on the third day. I have seen the [[tomb]]—it is empty. I have talked with [[Mary Magdalene]] and four other women, who have talked with [[Jesus]]. I now disband you, bid you [[farewell]], and send you on your respective assignments, and the [[message]] which you shall bear to the [[believers]] is: `[[Jesus]] has risen from the [[dead]]; the [[tomb]] is empty.' " </blockquote>

<blockquote>" Men and brethren, all this time you have served me in [[accordance]] with your [[oath]] to me and to one another, and I call you to [[witness]] that I have never yet sent out false [[information]] at your hands. I am about to send you on your last [[mission]] as volunteer [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]], and in so doing I release you from your [[oaths]] and thereby disband the messenger corps. Men, I [[declare]] to you that we have finished our [[work]]. No more does [[the Master]] have need of [[mortal]] [[messengers]]; he has risen from the [[dead]]. He told us before they [[arrested]] him that he would die and rise again on the third day. I have seen the [[tomb]]—it is empty. I have talked with [[Mary Magdalene]] and four other women, who have talked with [[Jesus]]. I now disband you, bid you [[farewell]], and send you on your respective assignments, and the [[message]] which you shall bear to the [[believers]] is: `[[Jesus]] has risen from the [[dead]]; the [[tomb]] is empty.' " </blockquote>