9 occurrences

'Brother' in the Bible

As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

Verse ConceptsFishermenCall To ServiceFishing

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.

Verse ConceptsNetsMendingBoatsRepairing

to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, "sons of thunder");

Verse ConceptsSonsThunderPeople Renaming Peoplezealots

He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleExclusionChrist Going With People

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersRopesBad Wives ExamplesDispleasureTransferring Wives

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us: 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.'

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionLack Of Sons

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Brother (439 instances)
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