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Jesus's brothers – James as well as Jude, Simon and Joses – are named in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3 and mentioned elsewhere. James's name always appears first in lists, which suggests he was the eldest among them. In Jewish Antiquities (20.9.1), Josephus describes James as "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ".
Jul 5, 2023 · Most all Biblical scholars concur that James the brother of Jesus is not to be identified as James, the brother of John and the son of Zebedee. That James was killed ( Acts 12:2 ) before the Jerusalem Council led by James the brother of Jesus.
Saint James—Brother of Jesus & Bishop of Jerusalem. He was called “Righteousness” and Oblias, in Greek meaning “Bulwark of the People.” James was revered as a good man even by those in the priestly class who did not believe his brother was the Messiah.
Jan 5, 2022 · Answer. James was a son of Mary and Joseph and therefore a half-brother to Jesus and brother to Joseph, Simon, Judas, and their sisters ( Matthew 13:55 ). In the Gospels, James is mentioned a couple of times, but at that time he misunderstood Jesus’ ministry and was not a believer ( John 7:2-5 ).
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.
James, the brother of the Lord, has been identified by various scholars as either a son of St. Joseph from a previous marriage or as a cousin of Jesus. The Protoevangelium of James describes St. Joseph as a widower with children. Based on this tradition some Catholics have believed James to have been a step-brother to Jesus.
