A Brief Bio on James the Just • Spotlight • James, Brother of Jesus

One of the most surprising early figure heads of the Christian Church was James the brother of Jesus. Early in Christian history he was nicknamed “James the Just” to differentiate him from James the apostle of Christ, and the many other James that existed at the time. But why “the Just”? Early Christian writers speak of James as exemplary in his religious life. Living for God as a Jew sanctified and dedicated to Jesus Christ. The New Testament tells us much the same of James once he became a Christian, though it doesn’t give us as much detail as we may like.

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[marciobettecher]

Outstanding information about James. Congrats. God bless 🙏

[mr.hamilton]

Some sources state that James, referred to as Jesus' brother, was actually named Jacob. This is based on the Hebrew origin of the name, which was Ya'akov.

[ScottHarness]

Would you be interested in contributing to a conversation on a podcast exploring James?

[candeeclark]

James became the head of the Jerusalem church

[JD-ssqf]

How much support do you really need to produce a three minute PowerPoint video? If God‘s called you to do this, he will provide it for you, so you need to Walk by Faith.

Great video though.

[tonyfisher]

Curiously enough, Eusebius tell us in book 4 chapter 22:4 and book 3 chapter 11 that Simeon, who was the son of Clopas, took over the position of Bishop after James was martyred. He was said to be one of the brothers of Jesus in the gospels. In book 3 chapter 32:1 he says that Simeon had died a martyr(the second bishop of Jerusalem). You get to chapter 32:5, you can find another called a brother of our Lord, Judas(who is also mentioned in the gospels). Now if you follow who were the women at the foot of the cross in the gospels you can find the other two “brothers of our Lord “ who are said to be the sons of Mary the “sister of Mary, mother of Jesus”(cousin using the Greek) and Clopas. So there you have it. The four gents called the brothers of Jesus are cousins. I guess they had at least two sisters.

[dgsam]

It was said that James prayed so much he had knees like a camel

[kutzallday]

Paul aka saul is not an apostle, James the Just questioned him about these new things he was preaching, paul lied and took the nazarite vow to show he follows the Jewish laws. Paul was also tricking people to make them into followers. 1 Corinthians 9 20 i think