Andrew (AN-droo) — Andrew was a fisherman, Simon Peter’s brother, one of Jesus’s first followers, and one of the Twelve. John’s Gospel repeatedly shows him bringing a person or request to Jesus.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The ministry of Jesus and the earliest church, in the first century AD.
Home region: Bethsaida and the Sea of Galilee region.
Main passages: John 1:35–44; 6:5–9; 12:20–22; Mark 1:16–20.
Story and role
Andrew was a fisherman, Simon Peter’s brother, one of Jesus’s first followers, and one of the Twelve. John’s Gospel repeatedly shows him bringing a person or request to Jesus.
How the dates were determined
The biblical text places Andrew in the ministry of Jesus and the earliest church, in the first century AD. It does not provide enough evidence for a responsible birth or death year. BC means “before Christ”; AD marks years in the traditional Christian calendar.
Limits of the evidence
The New Testament does not record Andrew’s birth, death, or later ministry after Acts 1. Traditions about Scythia, Greece, and an X-shaped cross are later and are not treated here as biblical fact. The artwork is an imagined historical illustration, not a known likeness.
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Read further
John 1:35–44; 6:5–9; 12:20–22; Mark 1:16–20, NIV; BiblicalTraining reference library.