Apostle, son of Zebedee · First century AD

James in the Bible

One of the three taken up the mountain and into Gethsemane, James asks for fire on a Samaritan village and for a throne at Jesus' side. He is the first apostle martyred, killed with the sword by Herod Agrippa.

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Verses mentioning James

42 occurrences across 38 verses in the King James Version.

Several men named James appear in the New Testament, including the Lord's brother.

  1. Luke 9:54

    And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?

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  2. Luke 24:10

    It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

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  3. Acts 1:13

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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  4. Acts 12:2

    And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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  5. Acts 12:17

    But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

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  6. Acts 15:13

    And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

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  7. Acts 21:18

    And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 15:7

    After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

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  9. Galatians 1:19

    But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.

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  10. Galatians 2:9

    And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

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  11. Galatians 2:12

    For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

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  12. James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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  13. Jude 1:1

    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

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