go tell my brethren that they go i. e. tell my brethren (of my Resurrection), in order that they may go.

my brethren The disciples; "He named them brethren, as being Himself a man and their kinsman according to man's nature" (Euthymius quoted by Ellicott, Life of our Lord); comp. Hebrews 2:11, "He is not ashamed to call them brethren." Now that Christ had clearly manifested the power of the Godhead, there was special need of reminding His disciples that He was still man, and that they were brethren.

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