St James pendant 3D print model

St. james pendant X:17.9mmY:1.87 mmZ:20.4 mmThe son of Zebedee and Salome, James is styled the Greater to distinguish him from the Apostle James the Less, with greater meaning older or taller, rather than more important. James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle.

James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were with their father by the seashore when Jesus called them to follow him. James, along with his brother John and Peter, formed an informal triumvirate among the Twelve Apostles in the Gospels. Jesus allowed them to be the only apostles present at three particular occasions during his public ministry, the Raising of Jairus' daughter, Transfiguration of Jesus and Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. James and John (or, in another tradition, their mother) asked Jesus to grant them seats on his right and left in his glory. Jesus rebuked them, asking if they were ready to drink from the cup he was going to drink from and saying the honor was not even for him to grant. The other apostles were annoyed with them. James and his brother wanted to call down fire on a Samaritan town, but were rebuked by Jesus.

Shield with symbol of St. James the Great, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)The Acts of the Apostles records that Herod the king (usually identified with Herod Agrippa I) had James executed by the sword.Nixon suggests that this may have been caused by James's fiery temper, in which he and his brother earned the nickname Boanerges or Sons of Thunder. F. F. Bruce contrasts this story to that of the Liberation of Saint Peter, and writes that the proposition that James should die while Peter should escape is a mystery of divine providence.