Title: James in the Bible (Jesus' real brother)
Contents James in the Bible (Jesus' real brother)
※ In the Bible, there are three people named 'James' who are close to Jesus.
-> James the son of Zebedee, James the son of Alphaeus, James the brother of Jesus
*James, son of the Virgin Mary (brother of Jesus)
1. One of the brothers of Jesus Christ
1) Isn't this the carpenter's son? His mother is Mary, and his brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55).
2) Isn't this the carpenter, son of Mary, the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they rejected Jesus (Mark 6:3).
2. Not accepted during the period of Christ's ministry
Because even his brothers did not believe in Jesus (John 7:5).
3. Encountering the resurrected Christ and being converted
Then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles (1 Corinthians 15:7).
4. Becoming a Leader of the Jerusalem Church
1) Peter, who escaped from prison, delivered the news to him.
And Peter beckoned them to be quiet, and told them what the Lord had brought him out of prison, and told James and his brethren to tell them this, and left and went to another place (Acts 12:17).
2) The converted Paul met him
I have not seen any other apostles except James the brother of the Lord (Galatians 1:19).
3) Played an important role in the Jerusalem Conference
Acts 15:12-21.
5. Paul gave him a mission report
The next day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders were there. Paul greeted him and told him in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his service (Acts 21:18,19).
6. Shaking hands of fellowship with Paul and Barnabas
And James, Cephas, and John, whom I regard as pillars, knowing the grace given to me, shook hands of fellowship with me and Barnabas, so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised... He was eating with the Gentiles, and when they came, he departed and withdrew, for fear of the circumcision (Galatians 2:9,12).
7. Author of James
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, greets the twelve tribes that are scattered (James 1:1).
8. Judas' Brother
Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ (Jude 1:I).