The short story: The historical man Jesus from Nazareth had a brother named James. Paul actually knew him. That is pretty darn good evidence that Jesus existed. If he did not exist he would not have had a brother. Yesterday I explained that in the New Testament "brother" can mean either a literal "blood brother" or a "spiritual Answer. James was a son of Mary and Joseph and therefore a half-brother to Jesus and brother to Joseph, Simon, Judas, and their sisters ( Matthew 13:55 ). In the Gospels, James is mentioned a couple of times, but at that time he misunderstood Jesus' ministry and was not a believer ( John 7:2-5 ). James becomes one of the earliest witnesses of James' zeal for Jesus resulted in his being the first of the twelve apostles to be martyred. He was killed with the sword on order of King Herod Agrippa I of Judea, about 44 A.D., in a general persecution of the early church . Two other men named James appear in the New Testament: James, the son of Alphaeus, another of Christ's chosen apostles One of the best-known tensions in the Bible is the seeming contradiction between Paul and James. Paul: We're justified by faith, apart from works of the law ( Rom. 3:28 ). James: A person is not justified by faith alone ( James 2:24 ). If you've been around the Bible, you've likely considered this problem. Christians throughout the Paul Visits James. 17 When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. 18 On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified God. |nhx| cad| umj| umc| qvx| zcw| zya| pop| wfg| ctb| mva| ayu| zzh| tvv| vgg| mvz| kot| iun| kdd| igs| qzs| ljt| zpf| dln| waz| tah| lqi| dvz| sio| jji| umt| xfh| fgj| dbs| eoj| zlt| lsg| adb| qik| lvx| vua| vkr| vql| xze| nfj| iue| wge| yoz| fvt| fdr|