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Catholics and Orthodox Christians teach that James, along with others named in the New Testament as "brothers" of Jesus, were not the biological children of Mary, mother of Jesus, but were possibly cousins of Jesus, or step-brothers from a previous marriage of Joseph (as related in the non-canonical Gospel of James).
- Early 1st century
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Jul 5, 2023 · That James was killed before the Jerusalem Council led by James the brother of Jesus. Some argue that James the brother of Jesus and Jesus’ disciple James, son of Alphaeus might be the same person. To explain the disparity in fathers’ names, these scholars suggest that James is a cousin or stepbrother of Jesus.
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 ).
Based on this tradition some Catholics have believed James to have been a step-brother to Jesus. The identification of James is sometimes identified as the son of Alphaeus/Clopas for the following reasons: Hippolytus writes of James, the son of Alphaeus, being stoned to death while preaching in Jerusalem. Josephus also wrote that James, the ...
Jul 15, 2019 · In addition to Mark, we have an independent mention of Jesus’s brother James from Josephus, and another reference from Paul. At best one could argue “step-brother” but not “a brother did not exist”. Tabor believes the “James Brother of Jesus” ossuary is actually Jesus’s brother. Do you?
Evidently, after the virgin birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary had sons and daughters of their own. The apostle Paul also refers to James as the brother of Jesus in Galatians 1:19: "But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother." Evidence of the life of James can also be found outside of the Bible from the historian Josephus.
BROTHERS OF JESUS, THE (ἀδελφοὶ̀ ̓Ιησοῦ). Relatives of Jesus usually found in the gospels in the company of Mary his mother, and variously identified as uterine brothers, stepbrothers or cousins of Jesus. Their names are James, Joses or Joseph, Simon and Judas (Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3). I. Exegetical data and the problems they present
