Mark 10.35-45
Festival of St. James the Elder, Apostle

Other texts:

For those who might want to do a word study on "James" (the elder), his name occurs in the following texts.

A fisherman called by Jesus (Mt 4:21; Mk 1:19; see also Lu 5:10)
One of the twelve (Mt 10:2; Mk 3:17; Lu 6:14) (with his brother called "sons of Thunder" in Mk 3:17)
One of an inner circle to see and hear more than the others:
- Healing Peter's mother-in-law (Mk 1:29)
- The Transfiguration of Jesus (Mt 17:1; Mk 9:2; Lu 9:28)
- Raising Jairus' daughter (Mk 5:37; Lu 8:51)
- Asking about the destruction of the temple (Mk 13:3)
- In the Garden of Gethsemane (Mk 14:33; see also Mt 26:37)
With his brother ask for places of honor (Mk 10:35, 41; compare Mt 20:20)
With his brother want to call down destructive fire on Samaria (Lu 9:54)
His mother was at the crucifixion (Mt 27:56)
Was killed by King Herod (Acts 12:2)

"James" does not occur in the Gospel of John, but the phrase, "sons of Zebedee," occurs only in 21:2

Brian Stoffregen
Faith Lutheran Church, 1000 D St., Marysville, CA 95901
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