James the brother of Jesus
E26578
James the brother of Jesus is a key leader of the early Jerusalem church, traditionally regarded as Jesus’ sibling and an important figure in the New Testament.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James the brother of Jesus Context triple: [Acts of the Apostles, featuresCharacter, James the brother of Jesus]
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A.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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C.
Apostle Simon the Zealot
Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
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D.
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a major Jewish prophetic figure of the 1st century CE, revered in Christianity and Islam for preaching repentance and baptizing followers in preparation for the coming of Jesus.
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E.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James the brother of Jesus Target entity description: James the brother of Jesus is a key leader of the early Jerusalem church, traditionally regarded as Jesus’ sibling and an important figure in the New Testament.
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A.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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B.
Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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C.
Apostle Simon the Zealot
Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
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D.
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a major Jewish prophetic figure of the 1st century CE, revered in Christianity and Islam for preaching repentance and baptizing followers in preparation for the coming of Jesus.
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E.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ early Christian leader ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
James of Jerusalem
ⓘ
James the Just ⓘ James the brother of Jesus ⓘ
surface form:
James, the brother of the Lord
|
| associatedWithEvent | Council of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| basedIn | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | martyr ⓘ |
| describedAs | brother of the Lord ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Flavius Josephus
ⓘ
surface form:
Josephus
|
| ethnicBackground | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyRelation | member of the family of Jesus ⓘ |
| historicity | generally regarded by scholars as a historical person ⓘ |
| languageLikelySpoken |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| leadershipRole | mediator between Jewish and Gentile Christians ⓘ |
| leadershipStatus | one of the pillars of the Jerusalem church ⓘ |
| martyrdomTradition |
executed in Jerusalem
ⓘ
stoned to death ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Epistle of James ⓘ
surface form:
Epistle of James (traditional attribution)
Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| name | James ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
leader of the Jerusalem church
ⓘ
pillar of the church ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
|
| region | Judea ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInCouncil | leading figure at the Council of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus of Nazareth
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| sourceAttesting |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
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| traditionalAuthorOf | Epistle of James ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| virtueAttributed |
piety
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righteousness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James the brother of Jesus Description of subject: James the brother of Jesus is a key leader of the early Jerusalem church, traditionally regarded as Jesus’ sibling and an important figure in the New Testament.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James, the brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
James, brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
James, the brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
James the brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
Jude, brother of James
this entity surface form:
Jude, brother of James and relative of Jesus
this entity surface form:
James, brother of the Lord
subject surface form:
James the Younger
this entity surface form:
James, brother of Jesus
this entity surface form:
James, brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
James, the brother of Jesus
this entity surface form:
James, the Lord’s brother
this entity surface form:
James, the brother of the Lord
this entity surface form:
James, brother of Jesus
subject surface form:
James the Just
this entity surface form:
James the Brother of the Lord