(October 8, 2023 at 9:45 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I think one of the more illustrative details here is that james is supposed to be the brother of the lord, not jesus, the lord. Obviously this is not something that anyone would have said before there was already a christian movement. By the time whoever wrote the lines put them in pauls mouth jesus had become a god. Speaking of the words in his mouth, brother falls out quite a bit, and usually not in reference to blood family.
Only with reference to James does Paul ever say "the brother" (ton adelphon) of someone other than himself. In every other passage, he says ho adelphos, which is translated something along these lines:
"Quartus a brother"
"Sosthenes our brother"
"our brother Apollos"
Tychicus, a beloved brother
"Tychicus...who is a beloved brother"
"Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother"
