Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

The brethren

Bible References

Also

Acts 9:1
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Acts 26:10
which things I also did in Jerusalem. Where many of the saints shut I up in prison, and had received authority of the high priests: And when they were put to death I gave the sentence.

And all

Acts 4:5
And it chanced on the morrow that their rulers, and elders, and scribes:
Acts 5:21
When they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. The chief priest came and they that were with him and called a council together, and all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch them.
Luke 22:66
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the high priests and scribes, came together, and led him into their council saying,

The brethren

Acts 22:1
"Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear mine answer which I make unto you."
Romans 9:3
For I have wished myself to be cursed from Christ, for my brethren and my kinsmen as pertaining to the flesh: