Who is James Minor. (younger) (son of Alphaeus)?

[Christian2]

Mark 15:40Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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> 40 There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Is James, son of Alphaeus, the same James who administered the church -- Acts 15?

Which "Mary" was his mother?

Galatians 1:19Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Why is James, the brother of Jesus, called an Apostle?

Was James, the brother of Jesus, one of the Twelve?

Thanks.

[B. W.]

Mark 15:40Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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> 40 There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Is James, son of Alphaeus, the same James who administered the church -- Acts 15?

Which "Mary" was his mother?

Galatians 1:19Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Why is James, the brother of Jesus, called an Apostle?

Was James, the brother of Jesus, one of the Twelve?

Thanks.

Cambridge Bible Commentary quoted below explains it:

Mary, the mother of James the little. Undoubtedly the wife of Alpheus (John 19:25), hence ‘James the little’ is the Apostle ‘James the son of Alpheus’ (chap. Mark 3:18; Mat 10:3). We hold that she was not the sister of our Lord’s mother (see on Mat 13:55; John 19:25), but that Salome was. An additional reason for this view, and also against the opinion that James the son of Alpheus, here spoken of, is identical with ‘James the Lord’s brother’ (Gal 1:19), is to be found in the expression here used: ‘James the little.’ This may refer either to his age or his stature, probably the latter; but in any case it is used to distinguish him. James the son of Zebedee had been put to death many years before this Gospel was written (Acts 12:2), and the readers of this Gospel would need this term only to distinguish this person from James the Just, the brother of our Lord, who was well known throughout the early church, and the author of the General Epistle of James.

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[Christian2]

Mark 15:40Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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> 40 There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Is James, son of Alphaeus, the same James who administered the church -- Acts 15?

Which "Mary" was his mother?

Galatians 1:19Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Why is James, the brother of Jesus, called an Apostle?

Was James, the brother of Jesus, one of the Twelve?

Thanks.

Cambridge Bible Commentary quoted below explains it:

Mary, the mother of James the little. Undoubtedly the wife of Alpheus (John 19:25), hence ‘James the little’ is the Apostle ‘James the son of Alpheus’ (chap. Mark 3:18; Mat 10:3). We hold that she was not the sister of our Lord’s mother (see on Mat 13:55; John 19:25), but that Salome was. An additional reason for this view, and also against the opinion that James the son of Alpheus, here spoken of, is identical with ‘James the Lord’s brother’ (Gal 1:19), is to be found in the expression here used: ‘James the little.’ This may refer either to his age or his stature, probably the latter; but in any case it is used to distinguish him. James the son of Zebedee had been put to death many years before this Gospel was written (Acts 12:2), and the readers of this Gospel would need this term only to distinguish this person from James the Just, the brother of our Lord, who was well known throughout the early church, and the author of the General Epistle of James.

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Perfect. Thank you.