'Brothers' in the Bible

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.