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According to Jerome, James the Less is identified with James the brother of Jesus and with James, the son of Alphaeus. Jerome first tells that James the Less must be identified with James, the son of Alphaeus. No one doubts that there were two apostles called by the name James, James the son of Zebedee, and James the son of Alphaeus.
James the Great [a] (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament , he was the second of the apostles to die after Judas Iscariot and the first to be martyred . [ 1 ]
According to Eusebius (3rd/4th century) James was named a bishop of Jerusalem by the apostles: "James, the brother of the Lord, to whom the episcopal seat at Jerusalem had been entrusted by the apostles". [59] Jerome wrote the same: "James... after our Lord's passion... ordained by the apostles bishop of Jerusalem..." and that James "ruled the ...
James, son of Alphaeus (Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iakōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܚܠܦܝ; [2] Hebrew: יעקב בן חלפי Ya'akov ben Halfai; Coptic: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲗⲫⲉⲟⲥ; Arabic: يعقوب بن حلفى, romanized: Ya'qūb bin Halfā) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, appearing under this name in all three of the Synoptic Gospels' lists of the apostles.
One of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, together with his brother John and Simon Peter part of the inner circle of Jesus. [2] [3] James, son of Alphaeus. One of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, but almost nothing is known about him. [2] [3] James, brother of Jesus. [2] Also called James the Just. [3]
The discovery of a coffin first made headlines in 2002 when researchers found an inscription that reads: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus."
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]
Alphaeus (/ æ l ˈ f iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλφαῖος) is a man mentioned in the New Testament seemingly as the father of two of the Twelve Apostles: Matthew the Evangelist [1] and James, son of Alphaeus. [2] [3] However, Mark 2:14 in Codex Bezae uses the name Levi rather than Matthew. It is therefore highly probable that the ...