Acts 12:2

James; one of the sons of Zebedee, Matthew 4:21, called James the greater, or senior, to distinguish him from James the less, or younger, who was the son of Alpheus. Matthew 10:3; Mark 15:40. No degree of piety or usefulness can always save Christians from persecution, or from sudden and violent death. Yet the wicked, while they thus seek to destroy the people of God, are often made instrumental in delivering them from all trouble, and putting them into immediate possession of the joys of heaven.