Acts 12:1, 2 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.[NKJV]
James the Less was called so to distinguish him from the other Apostle James, who was the brother of John. It is believed that he may have been younger or of shorter stature compared to the other James.
The Bible does not mention where St. James (the Greater) was born. It does mention that his brother was John and his father was Zebedee.
He was a fisherman along with his brother, the Apostle John, and his father.
* John the Baptist * John the disciple * John Mark, commonly referred to as just Mark These are three main men named "John" in the New Testament. There are 4 books of John, all of which were written by John the apostle.
I think it was Stephen who was stonned and did not die
St. James the Greater was stabbed to death by King Herod Agripa in 44 AD.
The Apostle Peter (Simon Peter Crucified upside down in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero in 64AD The Apostle Andrew. Andrew was crucified in Greece on an X-shaped cross The Apostle James. The Apostle James was the older brother of John the Apostle. James was beheaded. He was "put to death with the sword" by King Herod (Acts 12:2). The Apostle John The Island of Patmos where he possibly died of natural causes. The Apostle Philip. Carthage, Greece, where he was crucified (the Greeks say head downwards), and then stoned to death. The Apostle Bartholomew. The Apostle Bartholomew (also known as Nathaniel) It is believed that he suffered the terrible double sentence of being flayed alive and crucified. Near Persia and Phrygia. The Apostle Thomas. The Apostle Thomas (also known as Didymus) preached in Persia and India where he was killed by four soldiers armed with spears. The Apostle Matthew. he is believed to have been axed to death at Naddabar in Ethiopia with a halberd (a pike fitted with an axe head). The Apostle James the Less (the son of Alphaeus). The Apostle James (James the Less) preached in Syria and it is believed that he was clubbed to death. The Apostle Jude Thaddaeus. The Apostle Thaddaeus was crucified at Edessa. How did the Apostle Simon die? The apostle Simon is believed to have been crucified in Persia. The Apostle Judas Iscariot die? The Apostle Judas Iscariot committed suicide by hanging himself. Outside of Gethseminy The Apostle Matthias die?
Saint James the Greater was killed by King Herod and the first of the apostles to die. He was martyred in AD44.
St James the Apostle Primary School was created in 1982.
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church was created in 1955.
Apostle James the Greater was Apostle John's brother. I think God drew them to Christ.
St James the Apostle Primary School's motto is 'Learning with Strength and in Gentleness'.
James the Less was called so to distinguish him from the other Apostle James, who was the brother of John. It is believed that he may have been younger or of shorter stature compared to the other James.
There was also a second apostle named James the Greater. It is unknown why they distinguished the two in this manner. One suggestion was that one was taller than the other. Yet another possible reason was that James the Greater became an apostle before James the Less.
Saint James the Greater is known as the brother of Saint John the Apostle. They were both apostles of Jesus and were referred to as the "Sons of Thunder" in the Bible.
The apostle James originally lived in Nazareth in the province of Galilee, and later moved to Jerusalem
Nicola Sementovsky-Kurilo assigns to the apostle James the Elder the zodiac sign Leo.