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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.
James the brother of Jesus is one of few New Testament figures to receive mention by a non-Christian writer in the first century (Josephus). This James was widely remembered in antiquity as the leading authority of the earliest apostolic community centered in Jerusalem.
James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord ( Latin: Iacobus from Hebrew: יעקב, Ya'aqov and Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iákōbos, can also be Anglicized as "Jacob"), was a brother of Jesus, according to the New Testament. He was the first leader of the Jerusalem Church of the Apostolic Age.
