Jeremiah Johnston

And we have the very bone box of Jesus's brother, James.

How do we know that?

And Glenn, you're talking to someone who's been in more tombs and more ossuaries than anyone else in the entire world.

Okay.

And so ossuaries are what you would collect bones in.

That's all.

That's all.

Ossulagium means it means bone collection.

Okay.

And oftentimes, Glenn, it would say, you know, Glenn, son of, and it would say your dad's name.

Well, we actually have an ossuary that says James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.

No other ossuary, and we have 150,000 of them on the Mount of Olives, says brother of anyone.

And this is what's so cool about this finding.

James thought his brother was embarrassed by his brother.

I mean, I have four sons, as I mentioned, and I don't know if you have any brothers, Glenn, but what would it take for you to believe your brother is the Messiah?

It would take God.

Yeah.

yes exactly and and so james was skeptical too like many of our audience and guess what jesus appears to him first corinthians 15 7 and says bro i wish i could i hope we can time travel someday and go back when jane when jesus appears he said bro check out my hands check out my side and james becomes the leader of the church of jerusalem and he dies in 80 62 and i know that not because the bible said it because who you mentioned josephus that first century historian

He dies, Glenn, in AD 62, believing his brother is the Messiah.

I cry when I think about this, because sometimes it's the hardest to reach our own family with the faith.