Jacob the lustful
From Jerusalem. Married and father of five children, he contracts a sexually transmitted disease during a stay in Joppa. A sallow, swollen face, a bandaged throat, a bandaged hand... a ruined corrupt man... He looks with watery eyes like a sick person suffering from vile diseases.
He is healed by Jesus through the prayer of his wife.
Apostolic journey
"[...] that man will be one of My enemies. And his future sin will aggravate his present fault."[1]
Indeed, during the Passion, he ends up throwing a stone at Jesus: A man, a husband who wants to follow the crowd to offend Jesus, is grabbed by the arm by his wife who shouts at him:
"Coward! You owe Him your life, you filthy man full of rottenness. Remember that!"[2]
But the woman is defeated by the man who brutally strikes her, throwing her to the ground, and then runs to join the Martyr on whose head he throws a stone.[3] This murder of his wife will leave a bloodstain splattered on the wall of his house.[4]
His name
Jacob (Ia'acob) or James: etymologically: "he who supplants" or "God protects" – Historical: Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of Esau, who took the name Israel after wrestling with the angel.