Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

1. James the brother of John - He was known as James the Greater, the son of Zebedee.

2. Adam Clarke explains: By killing with the sword we are to understand beheading. Among the Jews there were four kinds of deaths:

1. Stoning;

2. burning;

3. killing with the sword, or beheading;

4. and, strangling.

3. NOTE : James was the first of the apostles to be killed for the sake of Christ. He would not be the last.

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Old Testament