Monday, April 23, 2012

Echoes of the Sermon on the Mount In the Book of James

"There are 25 examples in [the letter of] James that are versions of sayings from [Jesus'] 'sermon on the mount'... Similar phrases, almost whole sentences... James uses the sermon on the mount. Not entirely suprising, since James's brother was...? Jesus."

- Witherington, "The Historical Jesus"