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NASB | James 1:1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, ¶ To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 1:1 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve [Hebrew] tribes [scattered abroad among the Gentiles] in the dispersion: Greetings (rejoice)! |
Subject: Who wrote the book of James? |
Bible Note: jw1 My friend I'm not inventing people here I'm merely reporting what is accepted as fact. There are 4 James in the NT, James the Less son of Alphaeus seen in Matt 10:3, Act 1:13, James the father of Judas not Iscariot seen in Luke 8:16 and Act1:13 James the brother of John sons of Zebedee seen in Matt 4:21 and James the oldest half brother of Jesus seen in Mark 6:3 and written to the epistle of James. If you have an argument with that it is with Dr. John MacArthur and his Bible page 1924, , KJV Bible Commentary, Nelson Study Bible, NASB reference bible, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Dr. Merrill Ungers, Easton's bible Dictionary, etc. and also Church fathers like Jerome. I'm aware that Matthew Henry says the writter of the this book is James the Less cousin of Jesus but most scholars believe James the less the son of Mary that you see in Mark 15:40 was the wife Alphaeus who was also called Cleopas. While he could have been cousin there is no proof. However James the writter of the epistle is James the Just Matt 13:55 half brother of Jesus. Having studied this subject myself to some extent I conclude with this conclusion, however if you disagree you disagree with the experts, take your argument to them. EdB |