Reference: James, Son Of
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Zebedee.
One of the twelve apostles, and brother of John the apostle. He was a fisherman, and was called to the apostleship while mending his nets. He at once forsook all and followed the Lord. Mt 4:21; 10:2; Mr 1:19,29; Lu 5:10; 6:14; Ac 1:13. James and his brother were named by the Lord BOANERGES, 'sons of thunder.' He with John asked if they should call down fire from heaven on the Samaritans. Lu 9:54.
Peter, James, and John were privileged by the Lord to attend Him on several occasions, as on the mount of transfiguration. Mt 17:1; Mr 5:37; 9:2; 13:3; 14:33; Lu 8:51; 9:28. The mother of James and John requested that her two sons might sit, the one on the right hand and the other on the left of the Lord in His kingdom. This raised the indignation of the other disciples; but the Lord taught them all a lesson of humility: He Himself had come to minister and to give His life a ransom for many. Mt 20:20. James was killed by Herod Agrippa I. about A.D. 43. Ac 12:2. The 'James' referred to in 1Co 15:7 may be this apostle.
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And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping, and asking a certain thing of him.
And proceeding a little further on he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; and they were in the ship mending the nets;
And going immediately out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John;
And he permitted no man to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves alone, and was transfigured before them;
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, opposite to the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately,
And he took Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed and dejected.
So also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from this time you shall take men.
Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
And when he entered into the house, he permitted no one to go in with him, except Peter, and John, and James, and the father and mother of the child.
AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray.
And his disciples James and John seeing it, said, Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?
And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.