# also prophets

Prophets were teachers authorized by God to speak for him. Alternate translation: "because they were prophets" or "who were also prophets"

# the brothers

"the fellow believers"

# strengthened them

Judas and Silas' helping them to depend even more on Jesus is spoken of as if they were making them physically stronger. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])