I have a very close, long-time friend by the name of Jim.  The problem is that his son is also named Jim.  When his son and our son were growing up together, it was simple to identify Jim the son from Jim the father by calling him “Little Jimmy.” But now, “Little Jimmy” is bigger than “Big Jim,” and has a son of his own named Little Jimmy, and so the whole thing gets rather confusing.  I have no idea what they do at family reunions.  Their family is sort of like that group of Twelve apostles. 

I.  THERE ARE AT LEAST FIVE MEN NAMED “JAMES” IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

It would help if the Bible gave them designations, as does my “Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible:” James I, II, III, IV, V, sort of like Kings of England!  In all four lists of the Twelve in the New Testament, James, the son of…