There was great grief and consternation at the death of James. When Peter was also imprisoned, the entire church engaged in fasting and prayer. While the Jews were celebrating the memorial of their deliverance from Egypt, and pretending great zeal for the law, they were at the same time persecuting and murdering the believers in Christ, thus transgressing every principle of that law. At these great religious gatherings they stirred one another up against the Christians, till they were united in a bitter hatred of them. {3SP 335.1}

Der var stor sorg og bestyrtelse over Jakobs død. Da Peter også kom i fængsel, gik hele menigheden i gang med faste og bøn. Da jøderne fejrede mindedagen for deres udfrielse fra Ægypten, og foregav stor iver for loven, forfulgte de samtidig de troende i Kristus, og slog dem ihjel, og overtrådte ethvert princip i loven. Ved disse store religiøse samling opirrede de hinanden imod de kristne, indtil de var forenet i bitter had mod dem.