The canonical Gospels name four brothers, James, Joseph ( Joses ), Judas and Simon, but only James is known to history, though some associate Simeon of Jerusalem with Simon the brother of Jesus.

Joses brother of Jesus is usually distinguished from a second Joses mentioned in passing in three verses ( Matthew 27: 56 and Mark 15: 40, 47 ) which mention among the women present at Jesus ' crucifixion " Mary, the mother of James (" the Less " in Mark ) and Joses ".

A modern view is that they were children of Cleopas, a brother of Joseph according to Hegesippus, and of " Mary, the mother of James and Joses " seen as sister-in-law, not blood sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

# James " the Lord's brother " ( James the Just ), author of the Epistle of James, and first Bishop of Jerusalem ( sometimes is replaced by Jacob Joses Justus, who was also a brother of Jesus, since James the Just is identified as one of the twelve apostles ) Matthew 13: 55 ; Mark 6: 3, Acts 12: 17, 15: 13 ; Epistle of James.

In, the author names three women in sequence: “ Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children .” In the Gospel of Mark, the author lists a group of women three times, and each time, Mary Magdalene ’ s name appears first.

In the New Testament, the name " James the Less " appears only in connection with his mother " Mary " in, who is also the mother of Joses.

It is unlikely to be Mary the mother of Jesus since she is only called the mother of James the Less and Joses.

Other Christian denominations consider the Matthew 1: 25 statement that Joseph " knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son " to mean that Joseph and Mary did have normal marital relations after Jesus ' birth, and that James, Joses, Jude, and Simon were the biological sons of Mary and Joseph ; and, thus, Jesus ' half-brothers.

The New Testament names four brothers of Jesus ( James, Joseph ( Joses ), Judas and Simon ) as well as mentioning, but not naming, sisters.

The New Testament names James the Just, Joses, Simon, and Jude as the brothers ( Greek adelphoi ) of Jesus (,,,,.

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Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses might be unlikely to be Mary the mother of Jesus, but James Tabor suggests that she is, in fact, Mary, the mother of Jesus and that Clopas was her second husband.

Some early writers interpreted Matthew's statement to mean that Joseph and Mary did have normal marital relations after Jesus ' birth, and that James, Joses, Jude, and Simon were the biological sons of Mary and Joseph ; and, thus, Jesus ' half-brothers.

One objection concerns the mention of brothers and sisters of Jesus, who include James, Joses ( the form in, but " Joseph " in ), Simon, and Jude.

Jerome held that the " brethren " in question were children of Mary, the mother of James and Joses, named in and, a sister of Jesus ' mother (), making them cousins of Jesus.

In Mark 15: 40, Salome is named as one of the women present at the crucifixion: " There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

The identity of the other women in the parallel passages in Matthew 27: 56 and Mark 15: 40 is given as Mary Magdalene, " Mary the mother of James and Joses ," and " Salome the mother of Zebedee's children " ( Matthew ), " Salome " ( Mark ).

* Joses, one of the four brothers of Jesus, Mark 6: 3

Joses is only mentioned twice in the New Testament, in parallel passages in Matthew 13: 5 and Mark 6: 3, which record the people of Nazareth's rejection of Jesus:

The text in Mark continues to say " Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where was laid.

Joses is mentioned in the Gospel of Mark 6: 3.

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He initially sought to maintain the Aragonese control over Sicily early in his reign by supporting the claims to island of his brother, James II of Aragon.

He became heir after his older brother James renounced his rights to become a monk.

After being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile ( 1308 – 1359 ), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage.

Jean Froissart states as follows: " Now will I name some of the principal lords and knights ( men-at-arms ) that were there with the prince: the earl of Warwick, the earl of Suffolk, the earl of Salisbury, the earl of Oxford, the lord Raynold Cobham, the lord Spencer, the lord James Audley, the lord Peter his brother, the lord Berkeley, the lord Basset, the lord Warin, the lord Delaware, the lord Manne, the lord Willoughby, the lord Bartholomew de Burghersh, the lord of Felton, the lord Richard of Pembroke, the lord Stephen of Cosington, the lord Bradetane and other Englishmen ; and of Gascon there was the lord of Pommiers, the lord of Languiran, the captal of Buch, the lord John of Caumont, the lord de Lesparre, the lord of Rauzan, the lord of Condon, the lord of Montferrand, the lord of Landiras, the lord Soudic of Latrau and other ( men-at-arms ) that I cannot name ; and of Hainowes the lord Eustace d ' Aubrecicourt, the lord John of Ghistelles, and two other strangers, the lord Daniel Pasele and the lord Denis of Amposta, a fortress in Catalonia ".

On the death of Charles II his brother, a Roman Catholic, became James II.

Several people, including his brother James Mills Peirce and his neighbors, relatives of Gifford Pinchot, settled his debts and paid his property taxes and mortgage.

Robert Adam's brother James was in Rome in 1762, drawing antiquities under the direction of Clérisseau ; he invented a British Order, of which his ink-and-wash rendering with red highlighting, is at the Avery Library, Columbia University.

The editorial stance was that the Boston populace feared that inoculation spread, rather than prevented, the disease ; however, some historians, notably H. W. Brands, have argued that this position was a result of editor-in-chief James Franklin's ( Benjamin Franklin's brother ) contrarian positions.

James Charles Evers ( born September 11, 1922 ), the older brother of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, is a leading civil rights spokesman within the Republican Party in his native Mississippi.

As a result he, along with outspoken young goaltender Glenn Hall, was promptly traded to Chicago ( which was owned by James D. Norris, Bruce's elder brother ) after his most productive year.

Rather, evidence points to James the brother or half-brother of Jesus, to whom the resurrected Jesus evidently had made a special appearance, and who was prominent among the disciples.

The writer of the letter of James identifies himself as “ a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ ,” in much the same way as did Jude, who introduced the letter of Jude by calling himself “ a slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James .” ( Jas 1: 1 ; Jude 1 ) Furthermore, the salutation of James ’ letter includes the term “ Greetings !” in the same way as did the letter concerning circumcision that was sent to the congregations.

In this latter instance it was apparently Jesus ’ brother James who spoke prominently in the assembly of “ the apostles and the older men ” at Jerusalem .— Adam Clarke, 1821, commentary on 5: 13, 22, 23.

Not numbered among the Twelve Apostles, unless he is identified as James the Less, James was nonetheless a very important figure: Paul described him as " the brother of the Lord " in Galatians 1: 19 and as one of the three " pillars of the Church " in 2: 9.

Authorship has also occasionally been attributed to the apostle James the Great, brother of John the Evangelist and son of Zebedee The letter does mention persecutions in the present tense ( 2: 6 ), and this is consistent with the persecution in Jerusalem during which James the Great was martyred ( Acts 12: 1 ).

The Epistle of Jude, often shortened to Jude, is the penultimate book of the New Testament and is attributed to Jude, the brother of James the Just.

The Epistle title is written as follows: " Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James " ( NRSV ).

The many Judes, named in the gospels and among the relatives of Jesus, and his relationship to James the Just called the brother of Jesus has caused much confusion.

Shot in black-and-white as an homage to German expressionist films, Rumble Fish centers on the relationship between a revered former gang leader ( Mickey Rourke ), and his younger brother, Rusty James ( Matt Dillon ).

* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.