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James, brother of Jesus

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Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James the Just was, according to the New Testament, a "brother" of Jesus. He was the first bishop of Jerusalem. Traditionally, it is believed he was martyred either in AD 62 by being stoned to death on the order of High Priest Ananus ben Ananus, or in AD 69 by being thrown off the pinnacle of the Temple by scribes and Pharisees and then clubbed to death. James the Just is the author of the Epistle of James.

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  • It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

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  • Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
  • So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
  • For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
  • Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Quotes about James, brother of Jesus

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Go to James the Just. ~ Jesus
If Jesus never lived, you would think that his brother would know about it. ~ Bart Ehrman
(arranged in chronological order)
  • And when the Lord had given the linen cloth to the servant of the priest, he went to James and appeared to him. For James had sworn that he would not eat bread from that hour in which he had drunk the cup of the Lord until he should see him risen from among them that sleep. And shortly thereafter the Lord said: Bring a table and bread! And immediately it added: he took the bread, blessed it and brake it and gave it to James the Just and said to him: My brother, eat thy bread, for the Son of man is risen from among them that sleep.
  • James, the brother of the Lord, called the Just, received the administration of the Church of Jerusalem... He drank neither wine nor any other intoxicating drink, and never ate meat.
    • Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica. As quoted in Aa. Vv., La dieta vegetariana nel Cristianesimo, Edizioni Il Sentiero, Milano, 2011, pp. 48-49. ISBN 978-88-86604-12-3.
Who and whatever James was, so was Jesus. ~ Robert Eisenman
  • Shortly before he died, Jesus set up a provisional government with twelve regional officials, one over each of the twelve tribes or districts of Israel, and he left his brother James at the head of this fledgling government. James became the uncontested leader of the early Christian movement. This significant fact of history has been largely forgotten, or as likely, hidden. Properly understood, it changes everything we thought we knew about Jesus, his mission, and his message. Everyone has heard of Peter, Paul, and John—but the pivotal place of James, the beloved disciple and younger brother of Jesus, has been effectively blotted from Christian memory.
  • There is no evidence that James worshipped his brother or considered him divine. His emphasis in his letter was not upon the person of Jesus but upon what Jesus taught.
    • James Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty: A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster, 2006), p. 282

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