'Brothers' in the Bible

I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his brothers, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God.

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

plus Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

I selected 12 of the leading priests, along with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and 10 of their brothers.

The following were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests:from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah, and I questioned them about Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile.

And I, my brothers, my men, and the guards with me never took off our clothes. Each carried his weapon, even when washing.

Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.

and their brothersShebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,as seasonal streams that overflow

He has removed my brothers from me;my acquaintances have abandoned me.

For you took collateral from your brothers without cause,stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah and a gold earring.

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;I will praise You in the congregation.

I have become a stranger to my brothersand a foreigner to my mother’s sons

Because of my brothers and friends,I will say, “Peace be with you.”

A Davidic song of ascents.How good and pleasant it iswhen brothers live together in harmony!

a lying witness who gives false testimony,and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful sonand share an inheritance among brothers.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;how much more do his friendskeep their distance from him!He may pursue them with words,but they are not there.

You who tremble at His word,hear the word of the Lord:“Your brothers who hate and exclude youbecause of Me have said,‘Let the Lord be glorifiedso that we can see your joy!’But they will be put to shame.”

They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

I will drive you from My presence, just as I drove out all of your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they were treacherous to you;even they have cried out loudly after you.Do not have confidence in them,though they speak well of you.

But this is what the Lord says concerning the king sitting on David’s throne and concerning all the people living in this city—that is, concerning your brothers who did not go with you into exile.

So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—

Call your brothers: My Peopleand your sisters: Compassion.

Although he flourishes among his brothers,an east wind will come,a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.His water source will fail,and his spring will run dry.The wind will plunder the treasuryof every precious item.

Therefore, He will abandon them until the timewhen she who is in labor has given birth;then the rest of His brothers will returnto the people of Israel.

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

and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothersat the time of the exile to Babylon.

As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

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

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?

He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him.

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother called Mary, and His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

When the 10 disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

“And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

Then His mother and His brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to Him and called Him.

A crowd was sitting around Him and told Him, “Look, Your mother, Your brothers, and Your sisters are outside asking for You.”

He replied to them, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

who will not receive 100 times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come.

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

Then His mother and brothers came to Him, but they could not meet with Him because of the crowd.

He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

because I have five brothers—to warn them, so they won’t also come to this place of torment.’

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

After this, He went down to Capernaum, together with His mother, His brothers, and His disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

so His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.

(For not even His brothers believed in Him.)

After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly.

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

So this report spread to the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

All these were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

During these days Peter stood up among the brothers—the number of people who were together was about 120—and said:

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

“Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

“And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.

Moses said:The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.

Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

“As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.

He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.

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

Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.

Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Report these things to James and the brothers,” he said. Then he departed and went to a different place.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

“Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

Therefore, let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

After they stopped speaking, James responded: “Brothers, listen to me!

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

They wrote this letter to be delivered by them: From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:Greetings.