Andrew

The one who brings people to Jesus

A Galilean fisherman, brother of Simon Peter and one of the first to follow Jesus. He is the disciple who 'brings people to Jesus': he takes his own brother to the Messiah and introduces the boy with the five loaves. Tradition says he died a martyr on an X-shaped cross.

Where to read in the Bible

• John 1:40–42
• John 6:8–9

Connections

• disciple of Jesus of Nazareth · stated in the text · John 1:40
• linked to Simon Peter · stated in the text · Matthew 4:18
• brought to Jesus his brother Simon Peter · stated in the text · John 1:41–42
• linked to The Twelve Apostles · stated in the text · Matthew 10:2
• pointed Jesus to the boy with the loaves at the The feeding of the five thousand · stated in the text · John 6:8–9

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