Today i'm going to tell you the story of james the elder the elder
that was his name well no but that's what he was mostly known as but why let us listen to the story
and we shall find out the reason soon one of jesus's 12 disciples was james the elder james
was the son of a man called zebedee and he was also the brother of john one of jesus's disciples
john and james were very close to one another as brothers and they were almost inseparable
james was a fisherman and he lived with his family in bethsaida capernaum and then in jerusalem
james went all around jerusalem and judea preaching jesus's teachings where he was
beheaded by king Herod in AD 44 however the new testament of the bible tells us very little about
the life of james apart from when it mentions about his brother john james was always known
for being courageous and forgiving he was never jealous of anyone or any of the disciples of jesus
he had completely surrendered his faith and life to jesus as a follower and as a disciple
however most of his life he lived in the shadow of his brother john like all the other disciples
he too had his own apostolic sign which was three shells representing him as a pilgrim of the sea oh
he was the elder brother of john and that is why he was known as james the elder yes
that is right hope you children have enjoyed the story of course we have
today i'm going to tell you a story about the disciple called jude nice come on holy go on
with the story jude was another disciple of jesus who was also known as thaddeus or libyus
he was born to a man called cleophus and his wife mary he was also the younger brother of
james the younger and lived with his family in galilee jude preached in places
like assyria and persia and finally died a martyr in persia jude is often known as the
man with three names by many scholars and in the bible he is often referred to as judas the zealot
jude was very intense as a person and had very strong feelings about his own nation and he wanted
the world to know about jesus not as a savior but as a king at the last supper he asked jesus
lord why do you want to reveal yourself to us and not the people to his question jesus had
explained to him how the way of love is much greater than the way of power the way of love
brought people closer to one another jude went to different places to preach about the gospels
he even went to odessa near the euphrates river to preach wherever he went he healed many people
and many of them soon became followers of jesus in the name of the master jude was
killed with arrows at ararat when he was traveling on a ship to other places from odessa to preach
his chosen apostolic symbol was the ship because he was a missionary thought to be a fisherman
hello holy have you decided which disciple you are going to tell us about today
of course i have today's story is about simon the zealot. Zealot
who's a zealot let's listen to the story and find out the zealots were one of the
little-known followers of jesus who were also known as the canaanites or zealots
the zeloths also lived in galilee and simon the zealot was one of them
the zealots were fanatical jewish nationalists who completely disregarded the suffering and struggle
involved for what they regarded as the purity of their faith the zealots had immense hatred
for the romans and it was this hate that destroyed the city of jerusalem
josephus records that the zealots were reckless people and were zealous in good practices
not much personal information is known about simon the zealot but from the background of the
zealots one can understand that he was a fanatical nationalist he had immense devotion to the law and
bitter hatred for people who dared to compromise with rome yet simon emerged as a man of faith
he gave up all his hatred for the faith he had in his master and the love he
was willing to share with the fellow disciples and especially matthew the roman tax collector
there was a time when simon the zealot would have killed anyone in loyalty to israel he became a man
who understood that god will accept no forced service simon the zealot two died as a martyr
and his apostolic symbol is a fish lying on a bible which indicates that he was a fisherman
who later became a fisher of men through preaching that was an interesting story indeed
i'm glad you liked it i hope you all enjoyed the story as much as we did we'll be back soon
stay tuned bye bye