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Feb 13, 2019 · By. Mary Fairchild. Updated on February 13, 2019. The Apostle James, son of Alphaeus, was also known as James the Less or James the Lesser. He's not to be confused with James the Apostle, the first Apostle and the brother of Apostle John. A third James appears in the New Testament.
While more is known about James the son of Zebedee and brother of John, let’s see what there is to know about the other James, known as James the son of Alphaeus—also sometimes referred to as “James the Lesser.” Strictly looking at Scripture, this James is only mentioned a handful of times.
James the son of Alphaeus is one of the more obscure of Jesus' twelve disciples. His name appears in each of the four lists of the disciples in the New Testament found in Matthew 10:2–4, Mark 3:14–19, Luke 6:13–16, and Acts 1:13. But not much else of him is described in Scripture.
Apr 3, 2023 · Updated Apr 03, 2023. St. James the Less, also known as James the son of Alphaeus, was one of the original twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. Though very little is written or known about this apostle, James the Less was nonetheless called by Jesus to follow Him throughout His ministry and was chosen, commissioned, and later entrusted by Jesus to ...
Religion. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. James (Son of Alphaeus), St. views 3,217,238 updated. JAMES (SON OF ALPHAEUS), ST. One of the 12 Apostles. In all four lists of the Apostles (Mt 10.3; Mk 3.18; Lk 6.15; and Acts 1.13) he is mentioned in ninth place, before Thaddeus in Matthew and Mark, before Simon in Luke and Acts.
James, son of Alphaeus ( Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iakōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܚܠܦܝ; Hebrew: יעקב בן חלפי Ya'akov ben Halfai; Coptic: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲗⲫⲉⲟⲥ; Arabic: يعقوب بن حلفى, romanized: Ya'qūb bin Halfā) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, appearing under this name in all three of the Synoptic Gospels ' lists of the apostles.
James was called the son of Zebedee and the brother of John. In the gospels, the common use of James’ name before that of John prob. indicates that James was older ( Matt 10:2; 17:1; Mark 3:17; 5:37 ). In each of these passages John is identified as the “brother of James.” However, in Acts the identification is reversed.
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