Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is regarding my hope of a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial.”
And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
came to me, and standing there said to me, ‘Brother (adelphe | ἀδελφέ | voc sg masc) Saul, recover your sight.’ And at that very hour I recovered my sight and saw him.
as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
And when they heard it, they began to praise God. And they said to him, “You see, brother (adelphe | ἀδελφέ | voc sg masc), how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.
And having completed the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) and stayed one day with them.
And when he wanted to continue on into Achaia, the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived there, he greatly helped those who had come to believe through grace,
