Andrew
* Date marked with an asterisk is a placeholder estimate (lifespan heuristic), not a sourced claim. Hover for the derivation.
Brother of Peter, fisherman from Bethsaida, one of the Twelve. Traditionally evangelized Scythia and Achaea and was crucified at Patras.
Why Andrew matters
Andrew was Peter's brother and the first disciple Jesus called — John 1 has him following Jesus first and then going to fetch Peter. After that he disappears from the New Testament narrative. Tradition says he preached in Scythia, Greece, and around the Black Sea, and was crucified at Patras on an X-shaped cross (which is where the Scottish flag comes from — he's the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, and Greece). The historical evidence is thin and mostly later. But the pattern is real: he's the apostle of the bring-someone-else model. He always shows up bringing somebody to Jesus.
Chain to Jesus
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Common questions
- Who was Andrew?
- Andrew (?–60) — Brother of Peter, fisherman from Bethsaida, one of the Twelve. Traditionally evangelized Scythia and Achaea and was crucified at Patras.
- Who taught Andrew?
- Jesus of Nazareth.
Sources for biography
- Gospel of John 1:40-42 primary
- Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.1 primary
documented connections(1)
- taught by Jesus of NazarethGospel of John 1:35-42