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Apr 2, 2024 · The author of James simply identifies himself as “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” ( James 1:1 ). Because James the disciple was an early martyr ( Acts 12:2 ), the likely candidate for the authorship of this epistle is James, the brother of Jesus ( Galatians 1:19 ).
Jul 5, 2023 · Updated July 05, 2023. Jesus came from a big family. Matthew 13:55-56 names Jesus’ brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas and mentions sisters (plural), so He had at least six siblings. James is always named first when Jesus’ brothers are listed, which in his day likely meant that he was the eldest of the four.
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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. Traditionally, it is believed he was ...
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The author of James was Jesus’s half-brother. Before the resurrection, Jesus’s brother did not follow him and even mocked him (John 7). But after the resurrection, Jesus graciously appeared to James. He believed and became a leader of the church (Acts 15). He humbly calls himself God’s servant and calls Jesus his Lord.
While James did not specifically identify himself as to which “James” he was ( James 1:1 ), the author is widely thought to be James the half-brother of Jesus.
Nov 28, 2012 · The traditional author is James (Hebrew, "Jacob"), the half-brother of Jesus (one of four sons from Mary and Joseph (cf. Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3 ). He was the leader of the Jerusalem Church ( a.d. 48-62, cf. Acts 12:17; 15:13-21; 21:18; 1 Cor. 15:7; Gal. 1:19; 2:12 ). 1.
