Apostle living at the time of the New Testament

James son of Alphaeus

Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Acts 1:13

One of the twelve apostles, called the son of Alphaeus to tell him from James the son of Zebedee (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13). Scripture records nothing else about him.

His birth year isn't recorded; the bar assumes he was a young man when called in AD 30. Nothing is recorded of him beyond his name in the lists of the Twelve; he may be “James the less” of Mark 15:40. Some early writers identified him with James, the Lord's brother, who was stoned in Jerusalem in AD 62, but most scholars distinguish the two. The end date shown is an estimate.

Family

Father

Alphaeus

Mother

Mary (uncertain)

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