James

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

² Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.