St. Andrew
Andrew was St. Peter's brother, and was called with him. "As [Jesus]
was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is
now called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea;
they were fishermen. He said to them, 'Come after me, and I will make
you fishers of men.' At once they left their nets and followed him"
(Matthew 4:18-20).
John the Evangelist presents Andrew as a disciple of John the
Baptist. When Jesus walked by one day, John said, "Behold, the Lamb of God."
Andrew and another disciple followed Jesus. "Jesus turned and saw
them following him and said to them, 'What are you looking for?' They
said to him, 'Rabbi' (which translated means Teacher), 'where are you
staying? He said to them, 'Come, and you will see.' So they went and
saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day" (John 1:38-39a).
Little else is said about Andrew in the Gospels. Before the
multiplication of the loaves, it was Andrew who spoke up about the
boy who had the barley loaves and fishes (see John 6:8-9). When the
Gentiles went to see Jesus, they came to Philip, but Philip then had
recourse to Andrew (see John 12:20-22).
Pious legend has it that Andrew preached the Good News in what is now
modern Greece and Turkey and was crucified at Patras.
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