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Mar 15, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Mar 15, 2024 • Article History. Also called: James, The Lord’s Brother. Died: ad 62,, Jerusalem. Saint James (died ad 62, Jerusalem; Western feast day May 3) was a Christian apostle, according to St. Paul, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles.
Jul 26, 2017 · DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195393361-0242. Introduction. Within the New Testament, a figure named “James,” an English rendering that represents “Jacob” from Hebrew and Aramaic Israelite traditions mediated through Greek, is named at the head of four “brothers” of Jesus (Mark 6:3 with Matthew 13:55–56).
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi ( Greek: ἀδελφοί, translit. adelphoí, lit. "of the same womb") [1] [Notes 1] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, [2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew. [3] They may have been: (1) the sons of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph, (2 ...
Historically, the most important James of the New Testament is the one identified as the brother of Jesus, sometimes called James the Just. Was James the Just an actual brother of Jesus? It is assumed as a matter of course in the New Testament that Jesus had brothers and sisters (Mark 3:31, John 7:1-10, Acts 1:14, 1Cor 9:5), one of whom was ...
Dec 7, 2020 · Also Known as: James of Zebedee; Nicknamed by Jesus “Boanerges” or “Son of Thunder.”. Known for: James followed Jesus as one of the 12 chosen disciples. This apostle James (for there were two) was the brother of John, and a member of Christ’s inner circle of three, along with Peter and John.
Outline. 1. The son of Zebedee. The only Biblical accounts of this James are in the writings of the synoptists ( Matt 4:21; 10:2; 17:1; Mark 1:19, 29; 3:17; 5:37; 9:2; 10:35, 41; 13:3; 14:33; Luke 5:10; 6:14; 8:51; 9:28, 54; Acts 1:13; 12:2 ).
Used by Permission. Survey of James. Book Type: One of the New Testament's General Epistles; the twentieth book of the New Testament; the fifty-ninth book of the Bible. Author: James, the half-brother of Jesus, as identified in James 1:1. James was known as a pillar of the faith ( Galatians 2:9 ).
