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You dont support me, i am going to deny you, too. >> he wont see -- >> its almost like he disses his family. >> it is actually a rejection. >> of the flesh and blood family and i think his family would have been shocked by that. >> go! >> james is not unlike us. can you imagine if your brother said, you know, im the son of god. what would you say? obviously, we would think theyre crazy. >> a few weeks later, jesus enters jerusalem. hundreds of thousands line the streets. according to the gospels...

>> the story of the james casket that may have held the bones of james, the forgotten brother of jesus, starts with ton of the worlds greatest antiquities collectors. >> he is one of the great experts on arklogical art facts. >> i have the biggest private collection in the world. >> most of his collection tells the story of development of civilizations here and that includes the biblical era. his collection must be worth millions and millions of dollars. >> according to the land in the early 197...

But today in jerusalem, james is still venerated. the 12th century armenian cathedral is dedicated to him. >> st. james is our first patriarch. we feel privileged that our brotherhood here in st. james are in direct succession and in direct line to st. james the first bishop of jerusalem. in our daily prayers, james is our lord. james is sitting next to christ. >> its claimed the cathedral is built on the site of james home. worshipers also believe his remains are buried here. >> according to ar...

Day is torture d and executed. jesuss family have failed to save him. a gospel not found in the new testament tells us about james. >> the gospel the hebrews portrays james as being in jerusalem in the immediate aftermath of the crucifixion. >> james has probably found the whole business of jesus being crucified about as traumatic, about as life-changing as you can imagine. he goes into a period of fasting

Sincere devotion. >> but pushing james from the walls doesnt kill him. ancient texts record that the final blows come when hes stoned to death and his body is buried on the spot where he falls. in accordance with jewish custom of the time, one year after his death, james bones would have been collected and interned in an ossuary. >> i think it is likely that james body was claimed by his followers and buried. there was considerable support from within the city of jerusalem right across the board...

The meaning james came by itself without any item to accompany it. >> in first centy jerusalem, the bones of the dead were placed in underground tombs. archaeology is a leading expert on burial practices in ancient palestine. >> were just south of the old city of jerusalem. there are a number of burial caves from the time of jesus right around here. in the jewish tradition, on the first anniversary of their death they gather the bones of the deceased. it is marked with the name of the deceased a...

>> whenever we try to paint someone with a singular stroke, we really do an injustice. when we try to paint judas as if hes only evil, we dont see in him what jesus saw. >> and if we see him as a monster, i think we lose the sense of humanity. >> maybe we cant rehabilitate judas, but at least we can have some empathy for him. >> an ancient barrel ground inskriped with the name james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. a box that might actually be a connection to jesus christ himself. but who was h...