James had suffered more for Christ than the
others. His martyrdom was an encouragement
to them. His ambitious nature had at one time
hurt them, but he was to prove that he really
was first, not in authority, like Peter; not in
laboring, like Paul, but he was first in death.
James, the Journey Apostle. The other apostles
would often remember their brother, James.

The mission of James was finished at his death
for Christ, and immediately he received his reward.
But Peter and the other apostles still had a whole
world to win.

By his noble death the apostle James became
"the Great" and "the First.”
He died before the first council of the apostles in
49 A.D.