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English: Frontispiece to the King James' Bible, 1611, shows the Twelve Apostles at the top. Moses and Aaron flank the central text. In the four corners sit Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, authors of the four gospels, with their symbolic animals.
Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail). The Gospel of James (or the Protoevangelium of James) [Note 1] is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
The King James Version is one of the versions authorized to be used in the services of the Episcopal Church and other parts of the Anglican Communion, [182] as it is the historical Bible of this church. It was presented to King Charles III at his coronation service. [183] [184] Other Christian denominations have also accepted the King James ...
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. [77] In Jewish Antiquities (20.9.1), Josephus describes James as "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ".
However, the James in Acts 12:1,2 has a brother called John. James, son of Zebedee has a brother called John (Matthew 4, Matthew 4:21) and we are never explicitly told that James son of Alphaeus has a brother. Robert Eisenman [27] and Achille Camerlynck [28] both suggest that the death of James in Acts 12:1–2 is James, son of Zebedee and not ...
King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World or KJB: The Book That Changed the World is a 2011 Lionsgate direct-to-video production in which John Rhys-Davies leads viewers on a half-documentary, half theatrical exploration of the socio-political, religious, and historical background and roots for both James I of England and for the King James Version of the Bible which was published four ...
An image inside the front cover of the 1611 edition of the King James Bible. The King James Bible for Catholics is a near replica of the 1611 edition of the King James Bible (Authorized Version) which has been updated to reflect the order of books and text found in the Catholic Bible.