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| BROTHER JAMES� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 13:55-56 - "We've known him since he was a kid; he's the carpenter's son.� We know his mother, Mary.� We know his brothers James and Joseph, Simon and Judas.� All his sisters live here." | ||||||||||||||
| [2]������ SEE VOLUME I, ANGELS SONG, "Lost in Wonder" | ||||||||||||||
| [3]������ NOTE:� The tradition that JOSEPH, Mary's husband, died soon after Jesus turned twelve is false.� According to THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 13:55-56a, he was STILL ALIVE when Jesus visited his old home town of Nazareth the winter of AD 26-27.� Notice the present tense of his neighbors' statement:� "We've known him since he was a kid; he's the carpenter's [Joseph's] son.� We know his mother, Mary.� We know his brothers James and Joseph, Simon and Judas.� All his sisters live here." | ||||||||||||||
| [4]������ THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 1:20; LUKE 3:23 - "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married.� Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived.� God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant."� When Jesus entered public life he was about thirty years old, the son (in public perception) of Joseph. | ||||||||||||||
| [5]������ In Matthew 13:55-56a it says that when the sisters became adults, they all stayed in Nazareth to live. | ||||||||||||||
| [6]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 2:12 - After this [wedding] he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days. | ||||||||||||||
| [7]������ How strong was this wine?� According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the alcohol content of all wines was very low until the invention of the bottle centuries later. | ||||||||||||||
| [8]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 2:1-4, 9 - ...wedding in Cana in Galilee.� Jesus' mother was there.� Jesus and his disciples were guests also.� When they started running low on wine... Jesus' mother told him, "They're just about out of wine." Jesus said, "Is that any of our business, Mother...?� This isn't my time.� Don't push me"....the host tasted the water that had become wine.� SEE ALSO VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "God Eyes" | ||||||||||||||
| [9]������ SEE VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "Treasure of Doom" | ||||||||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 4:13; JOHN 6:42, 59 - He moved from his hometown, Nazareth, to the lakeside village Capernaum...."Isn't this the son of Joseph?� Don't we know his father?� Don't we know his mother?"....He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum. | ||||||||||||||
| [11]����� SEE VOLUME III, HEARTS AFIRE, "Angels of Hell" | ||||||||||||||
| [12]����� SEE VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "The Hand of God." | ||||||||||||||
| [13]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:22 - The religion scholars from Jerusalem came down spreading rumors that he was working black magic, using devil tricks to impress them with spiritual power. | ||||||||||||||
| [14]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:20-21 [NIV] - Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.� When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." | ||||||||||||||
| [15]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:22 [NIV] - And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub!� By the prince of demons he is driving out demons." | ||||||||||||||
| [16]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:31 [NIV] - Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived.� Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. | ||||||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:32-35 [NIV] - A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you."� "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked.� Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!� Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." | ||||||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:9-13 [NIV] - ...five small barley loaves and two small fish....the men sat down, about five thousand of them [plus women and children].� Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed....all had enough to eat.� SEE ALSO VOLUME IV, FOLK HERO, "Heart Hunger" | ||||||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:41-42 - At this, because he said, "I am the Bread that came down from heaven," the Jews started arguing over him:� "Isn't this the son of Joseph?� Don't we know his father?� Don't we know his mother?� How can he now say 'I came down out of heaven' and expect anyone to believe him?" [Notice: KNOW his father is in present tense.] | ||||||||||||||
| [20]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:59 - He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum. | ||||||||||||||
| [21]����� NOTE:� Sometime between John 6:42 where people say they all know Joseph, and John 19:26 where Jesus tells John to take his mother into his home, Joseph dies. | ||||||||||||||
| [22]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:1 - Later Jesus was going about his business in Galilee.� He didn't want to travel to Judea because the Jews there were looking for a chance to kill him.� [NOTE:� It is the author's speculation that Joseph's eminent death may have been another reason Jesus did not go to the annual passover feast this year.] | ||||||||||||||
| [23]����� SEE VOLUME I, ANGEL SONG, "Two Fathers, One Son" and "Walking Tall" | ||||||||||||||
| [24]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 2:13-15 - ...God's angel showed up again in Joseph's dream and commanded, "Get up.� Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt.� Stay until further notice.� Herod is on the hunt for this child, and wants to kill him." Joseph obeyed.� He got up, took the child and his mother under cover of darkness.� They were out of town and well on their way by daylight.� They lived in Egypt until Herod's death. | ||||||||||||||
| [25]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 20:30-31 - Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book.� These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it. | ||||||||||||||
| [26]����� SEE VOLUME III, HEARTS AFIRE, "Interrupted Funeral." | ||||||||||||||
| [27]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:2 - It was near the time of Tabernacles [Tents], a feast observed annually by the Jews. | ||||||||||||||
| [28]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:3-5 - His brothers said, "Why don't you leave here and go up to the Feast so your disciples can get a good look at the works you do?� No one who intends to be publicly known does everything behind the scenes.� If you're serious about what you are doing, come out in the open and show the world." His brothers were pushing him like this because they didn't believe in him either. | ||||||||||||||
| [29]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:6-7 - Jesus came back at them, "Don't crowd me.� This isn't my time.� It's your time ~ it's always your time; you have nothing to lose.� The world has nothing against you, but it's up in arms against me.� It's against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions." | ||||||||||||||
| [30]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:8-9 - "You go ahead, go up to the Feast.� Don't wait for me.� I'm not ready.� It's not the right time for me."� He said this and stayed on in Galilee. | ||||||||||||||
| [31]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:11-13 - The Jews were already out looking for him, asking around, "Where is that man?"� There was a lot of contentious talk about him circulating through the crowds.� Some were saying, "He's a good man."� But others said, "Not so.� He's selling snake oil."� This kind of talk went on in guarded whispers because of the intimidating Jewish leaders. | ||||||||||||||
| [32]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:10, 20b, 25; 8:44 - With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple...."You're demon possessed"...."Isn't this the one they were out to kill?� And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases"....[Jesus speaking] "You're from your father, the Devil." | ||||||||||||||
| [33]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 10:22, 31-32 - They were celebrating Hanukkah just then in Jerusalem.� It was winter....Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him...."We're not stoning you for anything good you did, but for what you said ~ this blasphemy of calling yourself God." | ||||||||||||||
| [34]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 11:47-57 - ...a meeting of the Jewish ruling body....From that day on they plotted to kill him.� So Jesus no longer went out in public...secluded himself there with his disciples. The Jewish Passover was coming....gave out the word that anyone getting wind of him should inform them.� They were all set to arrest him. | ||||||||||||||
| [35]����� SEE VOLUME VI, PROMISE KEEPER, "Shadow Boxing," and VOLUME VII, SHADOW OF DEATH, Soaring to Nothingness" | ||||||||||||||
| [36]����� See VOLUME VI, PROMISE KEEPER, "Shadow Boxing," and VOLUME VII, SHADOW OF DEATH, "The Substitute" and "Bowels of Hell" | ||||||||||||||
| [37]����� THE BIBLE, 1 CORINTHIANS 15:5-7 - .....that he [Jesus] presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James. | ||||||||||||||
| [38]����� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 3:15 [NIV] - For we do not have a high priest [Jesus] who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are ~ yet was without sin. | ||||||||||||||
| [39]����� In The Bible ACTS 1:13-14 says back in Jerusalem after Jesus returned to heaven, his twelve apostles gathered along with Jesus' mother and his brothers.� ACTS 12:2 says that Jesus' apostle named James was put to death.� Then in ACTS 12:17 Peter sent word to James that he had not been put to death too.� A book of the Bible was written by JAMES and named after him.� He calls himself a slave of God and the Master Jesus. �JUDE, another of Jesus' brothers, wrote a book of the Bible named after himself, and begins by calling himself a slave to Jesus Christ and brother to James. �GALATIANS 2:9 says that James later became a pillar of the church in Jerusalem. | ||||||||||||||