Were James and John Jesus' first cousins?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:39 pm
My pastor taught this last night at a Saturday night service. I had never heard that James and John were closer related to Jesus than John the baptist.
I did some digging on my own, and at first it seems to be possible but confusing. The women present at the cross are named differently in the four gospels. Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleophas, Salome wife of Zebedee, Mary mother of Jesus, etc. Somehow Mary of Cleophas and Salome are the same person, wife of Zebedee, and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus.
It starts making sense when you look at James and John's mother asking Jesus to give her sons seats on either side of Him in the coming kingdom. It also sheds light on Jesus asking John to care for his mother while on the cross.
But, is it true or just speculation?
I did some digging on my own, and at first it seems to be possible but confusing. The women present at the cross are named differently in the four gospels. Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleophas, Salome wife of Zebedee, Mary mother of Jesus, etc. Somehow Mary of Cleophas and Salome are the same person, wife of Zebedee, and sister of Mary the mother of Jesus.
It starts making sense when you look at James and John's mother asking Jesus to give her sons seats on either side of Him in the coming kingdom. It also sheds light on Jesus asking John to care for his mother while on the cross.
But, is it true or just speculation?