Who was the apostle Andrew?
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Andrew was Peter’s brother and one of the first disciples called by Jesus. He is remembered especially for bringing people to Jesus — his own brother, the boy with five loaves, and inquiring Greeks.
John 1 records his story: he heard John the Baptist, followed Jesus for a day, then "first found his own brother Simon" and brought him to Jesus.
In John 6 he points out the boy with five loaves; in John 12, Andrew and Philip together bring Greeks who want to see Jesus.
His pattern is consistent — Andrew brings people. A simple, quiet evangelist. Tradition says he was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Greece.
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