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James the Less in Wikipedia

James the Less is a figure of early Christianity.[1] He might have been a person separate from James the Great and James the Just. In the New Testament, James appears only in connection with his mother "Mary" in Mark 15:40 , Mark 16:1 , Matthew 27:56 . In Mark 15:40 and Matthew 27:56 he is accompanied by a brother called Joses or Joseph......

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James Scripture - Matthew 27:56

Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children....

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James, son of Zebedee in Wikipedia

James, son of Zebedee (died 44) or Yaakov Ben-Zebdi/Bar-Zebdi, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James the Greater to distinguish him from James, son of Alphaeus, who is also known as James the Less. James is described as one of the first disciples to...

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James Scripture - Jude 1:1

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:...

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James Scripture - Luke 6:16

And Judas [the brother] of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor....

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James, son of Alphaeus in Wikipedia

Saint James, son of Alphaeus (Ἰάκωβος, Jacobos in Greek) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He is often identified with James the Less and commonly known by that name in church tradition.[2] James, the son of Alphaeus, is rarely mentioned in the New Testament, but he is sometimes identified with James the Just, an important leader...

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James in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the Greek form of Jacob, supplanter). 1. James the son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles. He was elder brother of the evangelist John. His mother's name was Salome. We first hear of him in A.D. 27, Mr 1:20 when at the call of the Master he left all, and became, one and forever, his disciple, in the spring of 28. Mt 10:2; Mr 3:14; Lu 6:1...

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James in Hitchcock's Bible Names

same as Jacob...

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James in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman, in partnership with Peter (Matt. 20:20; 27:56). With John and Peter he was present at the transfiguration (Matt. 17:1; Mark 9:2), at the raising of Jairus's daughter (Mark 5:37-43), and in the garden with our Lo...

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James in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

jamz (Iacobos): English form of Jacob, and the name of 3 New Testament men of note: (1) The Son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles (ho tou Zebedaiou): A) The Son of Zebedee: I. In the New Testament. 1. Family Relations, etc.: To the Synoptists alone are we indebted for any account of this James. He was the son of Zebedee and the brother of ...

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