Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. THE NINTH APPEARANCE--JAMES THE LORD'S BROTHER. The three Jameses--James the Just, the brother of our Lord--His character by Hegesippus--Apocrjphal traditions--His childhood and Nazari tic dedication--Not a disciple of Jesus at first--His position in the church--The significance of this appearanoe to him--The silence of scripture--General teachings. "Till God in human flesh I see, My thoughts no comfort find, The holy, just, and sacred Three, Are terrors to my mind. While Jews on their own law rely, And Greeks of wisdom boast, I love the incarnate mystery, And there I fix my trust." "After that he was seen of James." 1 Cor. xv. 7. There are several persona mentioned in the New Testament under the name of James. The most prominent in the gospels is James the son of Zebedee and brother of John, who was the first martyr among the apostles. There was another James among the twelve, called James, the son of Alpheus, who is called in one place, (Mark xv. 40, ) James the less, alluding to inferiority of age or of stature to the son of Zebedee. There is mention in the Epistles and Gospels, of James the brother of our Lord, and it is a very difficult question to determine whether he is the same person called the son of Alpheus, or another. Neander pronounces this one of the most difficult questions in apostolic history. The more probable opinion is that he was different from the son of Alpheus, and was not one of the twelve apostles, nor indeed, in the first instance, a follower of Jesus at all. In John vii. 5, it is stated that" neither did his brethren believe in him;" and in Matt, x iii. 55, and Mark vi. 3, James is mentioned as one of the brethren of our Lord, and the mode in which they are named seems to intimate that they were...
