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You don't support me, i am going to deny you, too. >> he won't see -- >> it's 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, i'm the son of god. what would you say? obviously, we would think they're crazy. >> a few weeks later, jesus enters jerusalem. hundreds of thousands line the streets. according to the gospels, he's later arrested in the garden of get seem knee and the following

>> the story of the james casket that may have held the bones of james, the forgotten brother of jesus, starts with ton of the world's 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 1970s he bought an empty aush ware from a dealer in jerusalem. >> i could see some of the names mentio...

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. >> it's claimed the cathedral is built on the site of james' home. worshipers also believe his remains are buried here. >> according to armenian tradition, the bones of st. james were brought from the valley of kitron where they were or...

Day is torture d and executed. jesus's 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 doesn't kill him. ancient texts record that the final blows come when he's 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 for james to be honored against the demeaning death that was inflicted on him. >> after james' ...