10 occurrences

'Brother' in the Bible

As Jesus was walking by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Simon’s brother, Andrew, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

Verse ConceptsFishermenCall To ServiceFishing

Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, who were also in the boat mending and cleaning the nets.

Verse ConceptsNetsMendingBoatsRepairing

and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”);

Verse ConceptsSonsThunderPeople Renaming Peoplezealots

For whoever does the will of God [by believing in Me, and following Me], he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood Ofethics, basis ofGuidance, Need For God'sRelationshipsmomsSiblingsGod's WillBrothers LoveSibling Lovemums

And He allowed no one to go with Him [as witnesses], except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleExclusionChrist Going With People

Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?” And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersArts And Crafts, Types ofSonsRejection Of ChristWork, As Ordained By GodProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForChrist, Humanity OfChrist's Earthly FamilyStumbling Over ChristWho He Might BeHalf brothersSiblingswoodworking

For Herod himself had sent [guards] and had John arrested and shackled in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his [half-] brother Philip, because he (Herod) had married her.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersRopesBad Wives ExamplesDispleasureTransferring Wives

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but leaves no child, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionLack Of Sons

The second brother married her, and died leaving no children; and the third likewise;

Verse ConceptsSecond BeingThird PersonTaking A WifeSecond MarriageDeath Of A ChildFamily Death

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