'Brothers' in the Bible

Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.

Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them,

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

Someone told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."

He asked the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

Then pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers,

This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?

In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'

Then Jesus told them, "Stop being frightened! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there."

Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.

A crowd was sitting around him. They told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Jesus said, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or fields because of me and the gospel

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children.

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.

Jesus was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you."

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

because I have five brothers to warn them, so that they won't end up in this place of torture, too.'

"Then Abraham told him, "If your brothers do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.'"

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.

So his brothers told him, "You should leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples can see the actions that you're doing,

Not even his brothers believed in him.

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up himself, not openly but, as it were, in secret.

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to Peter that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you?"

With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.

At that time, Peter got up among the brothers (there were about 120 people present) and said,

"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the voice of David about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus,

"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.

When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we'll put them in charge of this work.

Stephen replied: "Listen, brothers and fathers!

"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him

On their second trip, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph introduced his family to Pharaoh.

"When he was 40 years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the descendants of Israel.

He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to rescue them, but they didn't understand.

The next day, he presented himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them. He said, "Men, you are brothers. Why should you be hurting another?'

It was this Moses who told the Israelis, "God will raise up a prophet for you from among your own brothers, just as he did me.'

When the brothers found out about the plot, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

So Peter welcomed them as his guests. The next day, he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went along with him.

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the gentiles had also accepted the word of God.

The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. These six brothers went with me, too, and we entered the house of the man from Caesarea.

So all of the disciples decided they would send a contribution to the brothers living in Judea, as they were able,

He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet, and then he told them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He added, "Tell this to James and the brothers." Then he left and went somewhere else.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders asked them, "Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you may speak."

"My brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent.

"Therefore, brothers, you must understand that through him the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."

They were sent on their way by the church, and as they were going through Phoenicia and Samaria they told of the conversion of the gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

After Paul and Barnabas had finished speaking, James responded, "Brothers, listen to me:

Then the apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their men to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers.

They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

Then Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, said a lot to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

After staying there for some time, they were sent back with a greeting from the brothers to those who had sent them.

A few days later, Paul told Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing."

while Paul chose Silas and left after the brothers had entrusted him to the grace of the Lord.

Timothy was highly regarded by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

Leaving the jail, Paul and Silas went to Lydia's house. They saw the brothers, encouraged them, and then left.

When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials and shouted, "These fellows who have turned the world upside down have come here, too,

That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

After staying there for quite a while longer, Paul said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, since he was under a vow.

When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival he greatly helped those who, through God's grace, had believed.

When we had torn ourselves away from those brothers, we sailed straight to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

When we completed our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there, and stayed with them for one day.

When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers there welcomed us warmly.

"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I am now making before you."

as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

Paul answered, "I didn't realize, brothers, that he is the high priest. After all, it is written, "You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I'm on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected."

Three months later, we continued our sailing onboard an Alexandrian ship that had spent the winter at the island. It had the Twin Brothers as its figurehead.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

Three days later, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they assembled, he told them, "Brothers, although I haven't done anything against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

The Jewish leaders told him, "We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or mentioned anything bad about you.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

Don't you realize, brothers for I am speaking to people who know the Law that the Law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive?

In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.

Consequently, brothers, we are not with respect to human nature, that is under an obligation to live according to human nature.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that the Son might be the firstborn among many brothers.