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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. [77] In Jewish Antiquities (20.9.1), Josephus describes James as "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ".
And James the son of Alphaeus, when preaching in Jerusalem was stoned to death by the Jews, and was buried there beside the temple. [16] James, the brother of Jesus is attributed the same death; he was stoned to death by the Jews too. This testimony of "Hippolytus", if authentic, would increase the plausibility that James the son of Alphaeus is ...
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Ancient Greek: ἀδελφοί, romanized: adelphoí, lit. 'of the same womb, brothers') [1] [a] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, [2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew. [3]
The discovery of the coffin first made headlines in 2002. It's called an ossuary and the inscription reads: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Many historians believe the artifact is a fake ...
Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-523-7. Shanks, Hershel; Witherington III, Ben (2003). The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story & Meaning of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus & His Family (Updated and expanded ed.). HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-058117-4.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint James the Less, identifying the Apostle James with James, brother of Jesus (James the Just) St. James the Less, Apostle at the Christian Iconography web site; Here Followeth of James the Less from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend; James the Less: The Latter Rain Page Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback ...
James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle. [2] James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were preparing to fish with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to follow him. [3] James, along with his brother John, and Peter, formed an informal triumvirate ...
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