Questions tagged [james-apostle]
One of Jesus' original 12 disciples. Also known as "James the Greater" and "James, son of Zebedee". Not to be confused with the author of the Epistle of James, which is thought to be James, the Brother of Jesus (also know as James the Just).
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What is the origin of the story that James had knees as hard as a camel's, because of his praying?
I'm reading John Pollock's "The Apostle - A Life Of Paul" and, at page 85 of the 1969 print, he states that
James was a man of such devotion that long praying had made his knees as hard as camel's,...
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