'Brothers' in the Bible

The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers!

Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

So his brothers said to him, Go away from here into Judaea so that your disciples may see the works which you do.

For even his brothers had no belief in him.

But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.

Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.

But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.

And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him.

Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:

But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.

And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.

And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.

Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers were pleased to see us.

My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?

In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.