ABSTRACT
James, the son of Alphaeus, is one of the Twelve for whom the least is known. H.S. Vigeveno calls him “the unknown apostle.”1 He appears ninth in all four apostolic lists (Matt 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13), which may indicate that he was a leader of the third group of apostles.2 Even so, he was undoubtedly one of the minor apostles. We find no record of his calling to follow Jesus. Apart from the apostolic lists, James, son of Alphaeus, appears nowhere else in the New Testament.
