And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. -Matthew 4:21-22
He was the brother of John (son of Zebedee) who was also an Apostle. He was a fisherman with his brother and brothers Peter (Simon) and Andrew. He preached to the Jews and was beheaded in AD44 under Herod Agrippa I, making him the first Apostle to be martyred.
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword -Acts 12:1-2
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