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    3 others in the registry answer to the name James. Every James in the Bible

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    James

    Ἰάκωβος

    James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, was one of the Twelve Apostles and a member of Jesus' inner circle.

    verses
    19
    first named
    Matthew 4:21
    last named
    Acts 12:2
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Apostle

    Description

    Who was James?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    James, the son of Zebedee and brother of John, was one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. He was a fisherman by trade and was called by Jesus, along with his brother, to follow Him (Mat.4.21; Mrk.1.19). James, John, and Peter formed Jesus' inner circle and were present at significant events such as the Transfiguration (Mat.17.1; Mrk.9.2; Luk.9.28) and Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mrk.14.33). Jesus surnamed James and John "Boanerges," meaning "Sons of Thunder" (Mrk.3.17), possibly referring to their zealous and passionate nature. James and his brother also asked Jesus for positions of honor in His kingdom (Mrk.10.35-41). After Jesus' ascension, James continued to play a prominent role in the early church (Act.1.13). He was the first of the Twelve Apostles to be martyred, executed by Herod Agrippa I around 44 AD (Act.12.2).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects James10 of 15 entities the graph connects to James, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.PeterSpouse of · 15 events · 179 versesJohnSibling of · 31 events · 35 versesKinshipJesus16 events · 1,160 versesJudah1 event · 1,023 versesMoses2 events · 786 versesPerson2 events · 367 versesSword1 event · 254 versesFire1 event · 206 versesElijah2 events · 92 versesAndrew2 events · 12 versesEventsJames

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

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    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 19, across 4 books. The name is written 21 times in them.

    1. Matthew3 verses

      4:2110:217:1

    2. Mark9 verses

      1:191:293:175:379:210:3510:4113:314:33

    3. Luke5 verses

      5:106:148:519:289:54

    4. Acts2 verses

      1:1312:2

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Salome and ZebedeeZebedee SonsZebedee Sons is a group attested across 4 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via John and PeterPassover PreparationsPassover Preparations is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via John and PeterPeter and John’s laying on of hands of People Of SamariaPeter and John’s laying on of hands of People Of Samaria is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Transfiguration of Jesus and Jesus ClothesJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Herod’s execution of JamesExecutionExecution is a concept gathering 7 labelled instances in the text.via Herod’s execution of JamesHerodA Tetrarch who persecuted the early church.via Herod’s execution of JamesJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Herod’s execution of JamesSwordSword is a concept gathering 105 labelled instances in the text.via SalomeHeliFather of Mary and maternal grandfather of Jesus.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    7 more chapters, from Mark 13 to Acts 12

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