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but you have to understand that there's no physical evidence of the existence of jesus of nazareth dating from the time of jesus. there is nothing except the gospels which were written down decades later. this would be the first physical evidence that jesus of nazareth existed. >> this is such a landmark. i mean, this is the only material evidence, nonliterary, we have for the family of jesus. >> i think most people would be extremely surprised to learn that jesus had siblings. even though james is called the brother of jesus in the new testament, most christians grow up learning that mary was a virgin, and that he didn't have any siblings, so i think most people would be astonished. >> the gospels of both matthew and mark name jesus' brothers.
>> james is a torah-true jew, and he got along apparently just fine with the jewish authorities, but this jewish following in jesus had really taken on a life of its own. it wasn't just another sector of judaism. it was a movement. james eventually sides with paul. this decision will soon revolutionize christianity, but it will also seal james' fate. he is now seen as a threat to the jewish religious order. >> james was the face of early jewish christianity in jerusalem. he represented all of that, and so of course the authorities are going to take out on him whatever they had heard about the revolutionary beliefs about the followers of jesus. at that point, the jewish authorities knew that they couldn't control this. >> in spite of james' good behavior, they still associated
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jerusalem. >> while the name joseph appears on 7 percent, jesus on 4 and james on 2 percent, fuchs concludes it's improbable that another family combining these three names existed. >> it is very likely, in my opinion, the james on this ossuary is the james who is the brother of jesus. >> the likelihood that this could be some other family with those three names, where the father is joseph and the two brothers are james and jesus, seems very unlikely. ♪ ♪ >> two thousand years ago, everything changes for the brothers, jesus and james, when joseph dies. >> we really don't know when
>> jesus' baptism by john the baptist really galvanized him. that got him thinking, "i must act now and convert people now." >> he begins performing miracles, casting out demons. >> according to the gospels, there are large crowds that are drawn to jesus throughout his ministry. jesus' healing miracles would have drawn a lot of attention. >> but while jesus embarks on his mission, his family remained in nazareth. >> jesus leaves james and the other brothers and sisters in charge of the family. >> hey, enough. >> and that is what's uncomfortable about this story. the village itself was a small
later arrested in the garden of gethsemane, and the following day is tortured and executed. jesus' family have failed to save him. ♪ ♪ an apocryphal gospel not found in the new testament tells us about james. >> the gospel of 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
james together as children. >> joseph sent james into the forest to gather sticks. jesus also went with him. ♪ ♪ >> the gospel continues: an abominable snake bit james on the hand, and as he lay dying, the boy jesus ran to james and did nothing but blow on the bite, and immediately the bite was healed. >> james is put there with jesus from the very beginning. we see an organic connection
authentic, then how on earth can i decide?" >> finally in march 2012, after one of the longest ever forgery trials, 12,000 pages of transcripts and more than 400 exhibits, the judge reaches a verdict. oded golan is found guilty on two charges relating to the trade in antiquities, but when it comes to the charges of forgery, he's found not guilty and acquitted on all counts. >> i felt a release, but i felt that i lost many years just in order to prove something that should not even have to go into court. >> but the verdict does not comment on whether the box could really have been the ossuary of jesus' brother james. that debate is still very much alive. >> by the end of this 10-year odyssey, what we're left with is an item that might be or might not be associated with jesus' family. >> but the bible does record what happens to james.
belonged to james, the brother of jesus christ. frankly, i didn't even know that jesus christ had brothers or sisters. >> golan immediately sends the ossuary to the geological survey of israel to help with its authentication. using high-power microscopes, they inspect the patina coating the box and the inscriptions. they conclude the lettering has not been made by modern tools. >> it's not the question of authentic. it's a question, if it belongs to james. >> intrigued about the probability of finding the names james, jesus and joseph in more than one family in first century jerusalem, golan asks renowned statistician camil fuchs to audit the names on the inscription. >> we have 168 inscribed ossuaries from that period in
empire. you could practice your religion in whatever way you chose to practice your religion, but what the romans didn't like is one charismatic figure, especially one who was messianic. >> fearing for jesus' safety, james and his family come to capernaum. >> i think it would be terribly frightening to have a member of your family get involved in that kind of religious environment potentially leading up to violence. >> the family have heard these reports that jesus is preaching and casting demons out, and they think, "has he gone mad?" >> i'm here to see jesus. i'm his brother. his mother is here. >> when jesus gets word that his family have come for him, he refuses to see them. he asked, "who are my mother and my brothers? here are my mother and my brothers.