the Mount. Three prominent men in the New Testament are called James. James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples and the brother of John (Matt. 4:21; Mark 1:19; Luke 5:10). He became the first apostolic martyr when Herod “stretched out his hand to harass some from the church … and killed James the brother of John with the sword” (Acts 12:1–2). James, the son of Alphaeus, was also one of the Twelve (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13). Because he was shorter than James, the son