6-MEN WHO WERE NOT WORTHY OF THIS WORLD

Men who were not worthy of This World

Martyrdom of apostle James the Lesser,

Jerusalem, AD 63 The apostle Paul also

refers to James as the brother of Jesus

in Galatians 1:19: "But I saw none of the

other apostles except James, the Lord's

brother."
Evidence of the life of James can also be

found outside of the Bible, from the

historian Josephus. In Antiquities, book

20 chapter 9, he mentions James the

brother of Jesus and Annas the High priest:
"Upon the death of Festus ( 62 A.D.),

Emperor Nero sent Albinus to be procurator

of Judea. But before he arrived, King Agrippa

appointed Annas to be High priest. He was

the son of the elder Annas. (Note: The elder

Annas referred to here is the same Annas

of the New Testament Gospels.) The elder

Annas had been high priest himself for a time.

He had five sons all whom secured the

priesthood. Annas the younger, however,

was a brute who observed the ways of the

Sadducees who are known as being cold-hearted

when they sit in judgement. With Festus

dead and Albinus still traveling, Annas thought

he could have his own way. Calling forth the

members of the Sanhedrin, he brought before

them a man named James, the brother of Jesus

who was called the Christ, and others with him.

He accused them of violating the law, and ordered

that they should be put to death by stoning."

Although the Bible doesn't mention it, Josephus

states that James was martyred by the Sanhedrin.

From the album:
Men who were not worthy of This World by Roland Sherb