十五　主耶稣的肉身弟弟雅各 (James)

基督从死里复活之后， 写雅各书的雅各才悔改信主，后来且在耶路撒冷的教会任监督。第一次的教会会议，就是他当主席。他因有圣洁的生活而受人尊重，甚至在他的名字前冠以“公义的”形容词。他常跪着为别人代祷，以致他双膝结了一层很厚的“老茧”。雅各引领了许多人归向基督，因而惹起了大祭司的嫉恨 。

他被逼迫的人从圣殿的东南角上约一百英尺的高度推下去，只因他拒绝否认他认耶稣是主。他被摔下去后，居然没有死去。当逼迫他的人发现他并未摔死，逼迫他的认接着又用棒棍一阵乱打致死。这处圣殿的角落正是撒旦试探耶稣的地方。

James the Just the leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller's club. This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.