Joses

Joses, 1

Jo´ses, son of Mary and Cleopas, and brother of James the Less, of Simon and of Jude, and, consequently, one of those who are called the ’brethren’ of our Lord (Mat 13:55; Mat 27:56; Mar 6:3; Mar 15:40; Mar 15:47) [JAMES; JUDE]. He was the only one of these brethren who was not an apostle—a circumstance which has given occasion to some unsatisfactory conjecture. It is perhaps more remarkable that three of them were apostles than that the fourth was not.

Joses, 2

[BARNABAS]

1. One of the brethren of our Lord, Mat 13:55 Mar 6:3 . His brethren did not at first believe on him, but after his resurrection they are found among his disciples, Joh 2:12 7:5 Mal 1:14 .\par 2. A son of Cleophas and Mary, identified by some with the above, Mat 27:56 . See Jas 3.\par 3. See BARNABAS.\par

Jo’ses. (exalted).

1. Son of Eliezer, in the genealogy of Christ. Luk 3:29.

2. One of the Lord’s brethren. Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3.

3. Joses Barnabas. Act 4:36. See Barnabas.

1. Luk 3:29.

2. Mary’s son, brother of (See JAMES . Of the Lord’s "brethren," i.e. cousins (Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3).

[Jo’ses]

1. One of the brethren of the Lord. Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3.

2. Son of a Mary who beheld the crucifixion. Mat 27:56; Mar 15:40; Mar 15:47. See MARY, WIFE OF CLEOPHAS.

3. A Levite of Cyprus, named also BARNABAS, ’son of consolation,’ who sold his land, and laid the proceeds at the apostles’ feet. Act 4:36. See BARNABAS.

JOSES (Ἰωσῆς, יוֹסִי, a shortened form of יוֹסִף, ‘he adds’; cf. Gen 30:24. The identity of the two names is doubted by Lightfoot [.^{3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred]} 261, note 1], chiefly on the ground of the use of different forms in the Peshitta; but Dalman [Gram. Aram. 75] rightly views יוסי as a dialectical, and probably Galilaean, abbreviation of יוסף. The names are apparently interchangeable [cf. Mat 13:55 with Mar 6:3]; in Mat 27:56 W^{H [Note: H Westcott and Hort’s text.]} and Nestle with Tisch. read Ἰωσήφ, and in all the passages there is textual evidence, sufficiently strong not to be overlooked, for the name rejected).—1. A brother of Jesus (Mar 6:3). This brother is not mentioned anywhere else except in the above passage of Matthew (Mat 27:56). For views as to his real relationship see Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible i. 320 ff., and art. Brethren of the Lord in present work. 2. The brother of James the Little (Mat 27:56, Mar 15:40; Mar 15:47). The name of Joses stands alone in the last passage, but that of his better known brother is substituted by the ‘Western’ text. The father was Clopas (Joh 19:25); but of him, as of his son Joses, nothing certain is known. Both must have been familiar to the members of the early Christian community; but the Syriac versions are against the identification of Clopas with Alphaeus, and Hegesippus does not say enough (Eus. Historia Ecclesiastica iii. 11) to warrant the conclusion that Joses was a nephew of Joseph of Nazareth.

R. W. Moss.

JOSES.—1. One of the ‘brethren of the Lord’ (Mar 6:3; Mar 15:40; Mar 15:47, Mat 27:56). In Mat 13:55 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has Joses, but RV [Note: Revised Version.] correctly Joseph. 2. The natal name (Act 4:36 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) of Barnabas; RV [Note: Revised Version.] correctly has Joseph.

jō´sēz, jō´zez (Ἰωσῆς, Iōsḗs):

(1) One of the brethren of Jesus (Mar 6:3; in Mat 13:55 the Greek is “Joseph,” and the Revised Version (British and American) so renders).

(2) A son of Mary, perhaps identical with (1) (Mat 27:56; Mar 15:40, Mar 15:47). See BRETHREN OF THE LORD.

(3) A name of Barnabas (Act 4:36 the King James Version, where again Greek and the Revised Version (British and American) have “Joseph”). See BARNABAS.

See Barnabas.