Historical References of James
(Gal. 1:19 2:9) "James, the Lord’s brother, was the pastor and pillar of the Jerusalem church."
Hegesippus: “James obeyed a lifelong Nazirite vow, consecrated, holy from his mother’s womb.”
[Joseph gave his son to God as a Nazirite. “Nazirites...shall call down my blessings upon the people of Israel; and I myself will personally bless them.” (Num 6:27)]
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs p. 9-11 “James drank no wine...neither did he eat any animal food...To him only was it lawful to enter into the holy place...clothed with linen only... his knees, by oft kneeling (for craving forgiveness for the people) hardened like the knees of a camel...called ‘Just’ and ‘safeguard of the people’.
Pharisees asked James: ‘Restrain the people for they believe in Jesus as though he were Christ because all the people and we ourselves are ready to obey thee.’
They set James upon the battlements of the temple.
James asked them: ‘Why do you ask me of Jesus the Son of man? He sitteth on the right hand of the Most High and shall come in the clouds of heaven.’
Many were persuaded and glorified God...Pharisees: ‘Oh, this Just man also is seduced.’ They went up to throw down the Just man. He was not killed by the fall.”
Josephus “Ananus delivered James to be stoned...[Because of public outrage] king Agrippa took the high priesthood from Ananus.”
Foxe: “...while they were smiting him with stones, a priest, [in defiance of the Sanhedrin] said, ‘Leave off, what do ye? The Just man prayeth for you.’
And a fuller, took an instrument...and smote the Just man on his head...they buried him in the same place.”
Josephus: “These miseries [Romans’ slaughter of Jews] befell them by the anger of God, on account that they had slain James the Just who was a most righteous person.”
World’s Bible Handbook p. 633-635 “...James was recognized as the ‘Bishop’ of Jerusalem. Many Jews felt, because of James’s influence among the Jews, that had he lived, he might have averted Jerusalem’s destruction.”
Birth of Christianity p. 466 “James was the authoritative leader of the Jerusalem mother-church, which was operating two major missions, one to the Jews and one to the pagans.
In a combined community, such as that at Antioch, Christian Judaism had to prevail over Christian paganism.
Peter and Barnabas presumed that kosher regulations were no longer important. Before James’s intervention, they ate with the pagans like pagans.”
Hegesippus: “James obeyed a lifelong Nazirite vow, consecrated, holy from his mother’s womb.”
[Joseph gave his son to God as a Nazirite. “Nazirites...shall call down my blessings upon the people of Israel; and I myself will personally bless them.” (Num 6:27)]
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs p. 9-11 “James drank no wine...neither did he eat any animal food...To him only was it lawful to enter into the holy place...clothed with linen only... his knees, by oft kneeling (for craving forgiveness for the people) hardened like the knees of a camel...called ‘Just’ and ‘safeguard of the people’.
Pharisees asked James: ‘Restrain the people for they believe in Jesus as though he were Christ because all the people and we ourselves are ready to obey thee.’
They set James upon the battlements of the temple.
James asked them: ‘Why do you ask me of Jesus the Son of man? He sitteth on the right hand of the Most High and shall come in the clouds of heaven.’
Many were persuaded and glorified God...Pharisees: ‘Oh, this Just man also is seduced.’ They went up to throw down the Just man. He was not killed by the fall.”
Josephus “Ananus delivered James to be stoned...[Because of public outrage] king Agrippa took the high priesthood from Ananus.”
Foxe: “...while they were smiting him with stones, a priest, [in defiance of the Sanhedrin] said, ‘Leave off, what do ye? The Just man prayeth for you.’
And a fuller, took an instrument...and smote the Just man on his head...they buried him in the same place.”
Josephus: “These miseries [Romans’ slaughter of Jews] befell them by the anger of God, on account that they had slain James the Just who was a most righteous person.”
World’s Bible Handbook p. 633-635 “...James was recognized as the ‘Bishop’ of Jerusalem. Many Jews felt, because of James’s influence among the Jews, that had he lived, he might have averted Jerusalem’s destruction.”
Birth of Christianity p. 466 “James was the authoritative leader of the Jerusalem mother-church, which was operating two major missions, one to the Jews and one to the pagans.
In a combined community, such as that at Antioch, Christian Judaism had to prevail over Christian paganism.
Peter and Barnabas presumed that kosher regulations were no longer important. Before James’s intervention, they ate with the pagans like pagans.”
posted by Rex Ray at Saturday, June 17, 2006
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