James, brother of Jesus

Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity

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Lived 100–62, aged 0

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Led the Jerusalem church in Christianity's earliest years. Ancient sources disagree on whether he was stoned or thrown from the Temple—both around 62-69 AD—but agree he paid for it.

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James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord, was, according to the New Testament, a brother of Jesus. James was personally known to Paul the Apostle. He was the first leader of the Church of Jerusalem. According to Josephus, he was martyred either in 62 AD by being stoned to death on the order of High Priest Ananus ben Ananus, while Hegesippus places his death in 69 AD by being thrown off the pinnacle of the Temple by scribes and Pharisees and then clubbed to death. James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are mentioned as the brothers of Jesus as well as two or more unnamed sisters.

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