churches, who were presented to the emperor Domitian as descendants of David and
relations of Jesus. Hegesippus in Euseb. III. 19, 20, 32
c. Other sons and daughters unknown. Matt. 13:56; Mark 6:3; 1 Cor. 9:5.- Children of Joseph (?) from the marriage with Mary:
Jesus. - Children of Clopas, and cousins of Jesus, probably from the father’s side, since Clopas,
according to Hegesippus, was a brother of Joseph, and may have married also a woman by
the name of Mary (John 19:25).
a. James the Little (ὁ μικρός), so called to distinguish him from his older cousin of that
name. Mentioned Matt. 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1; Luke 24:10; otherwise unknown.
b. Joses, Matt. 27:56; Mark 15:40, 47, but erroneously (?) numbered among the brothers of
Jesus: Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3; otherwise unknown.
c. Symeon, the second bishop of Jerusalem (Hegesippus in Eus. III. 11, 22, 32; IV. 5, 22),
also erroneously (?) put among the brothers of Jesus by Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3.
d. Perhaps other sons and daughters unknown.
II. The description of James by Hegesippus (from Eusebius, H. E. II. 23)." Hegesippus also,
who flourished nearest the days of the apostles, gives (in the fifth book of his Memorials) this most
accurate account of him:
" ’Now James, the brother of the Lord, who (as there are many of this name) was surnamed
the Just by all (ὁ ἀδελφός τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰάκωβος ὁ ὀνομασθεὶς ὑπὸ πάντων δίκαιος), from the Lord’s
time even to our own, received the government of the church with (or from) the apostles [μετά, in
conjunction with, or according to another reading, παρὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων, which would more clearly
distinguish him from the apostles]. This man [οὗτοςnot this apostle] was consecrated from his
mother’s womb. He drank neither wine nor strong drink, and abstained from animal food. No razor
came upon his head, he never anointed himself with oil, and never used a bath [probably the luxury
of the Roman bath, with its sudatorium, frigidarium, etc., but not excluding the usual ablutions
practised by all devout Jews]. He alone was allowed to enter the sanctuary [not the holy of holies,
but the court of priests]. He wore no woolen, but linen garments only. He was in the habit of entering
the temple alone, and was often found upon his bended knees, and interceding for the forgiveness
of the people; so that his knees became as hard as a camel’s, on account of his constant supplication
and kneeling before God. And indeed, on account of his exceeding great piety, he was called the
Just [Zaddik] and Oblias [δίκαιος καὶ ὠβλίας, probably a corruption of the Hebrew Ophel am,
Tower of the People], which signifies justice and the bulwark of the people (περιοχὴ τοῦ λαοῦ);
as the prophets declare concerning him. Some of the seven sects of the people, mentioned by me
above in my Memoirs, used to ask him what was the door, [probably the estimate or doctrine] of
Jesus? and he answered that he was the Saviour. And of these some believed that Jesus is the Christ.
But the aforesaid sects did not believe either a resurrection, or that he was coming to give to every
one according to his works; as many, however, as did believe, did so on account of James. And
when many of the rulers also believed, there arose a tumult among the Jews, Scribes, and Pharisees,
saying that the whole people were in danger of looking for Jesus as the Messiah. They came therefore
together, and said to James: We entreat thee, restrain the people, who are led astray after Jesus, as
though he were the Christ. We entreat thee to persuade all that are coming to the feast of the Passover
rightly concerning Jesus; for we all have confidence in thee. For we and all the people bear thee
A.D. 1-100.