Chapter Three James of Zebedee And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:54–56 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John