Unto James; not James the son of Zebedee, who had been slain. Verse Acts 12:2. He is the same James that is mentioned in Acts 15:13; Acts 21:18; and is generally regarded to have been James the less, the son of Alpheus. In Galatians, Paul names among the apostles seen by him on his first visit to Jerusalem, "James the Lord's brother." Chap Galatians 1:19. Afterwards he names, chapter Galatians 2:9, "James, Cephas, and John," as "pillars" of the church in Jerusalem. Whether one and the same person is mentioned in these two passages, is a question about which learned men are not agreed.

Went into another place; to avoid the rage of Herod.

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