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'''St. Andrew''' was one of [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples. He was his first disciple. | '''St. Andrew''' was one of [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples. He was his first disciple. | ||
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St. Andrew was one of Jesus' twelve disciples. He was his first disciple.
Andrew lived in Bethsaida of Galilee. [1] His brother was Simon Peter, [2] another of Jesus' twelve disciples, and his father was Jona, or John. [3] Andrew spent his early years as a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, but when he heard of John the Baptist, he traveled with a band of his countrymen to Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. [4] There, he heard John speak about Jesus, and there, Andrew "followed Him." [5] He then went to his brother and saying, "We have found the Messiah" Andrew went with Simon Peter to Christ. [6]
After this event, Andrew returned to Galilee with Simon, and they resumed their positions as fishermen. There, Jesus found them again and, after telling them He would "make you fishers of men," [7] "Behold the Lamb of God!", Andrew and Simon dropped their nets and followed Jesus.
After Jesus ascended into Heaven, St. Andrew preached in Greece the Gospels. No one knows how Andrew died, as it isn't recorded in the Bible or any other book.
Feastday: November 30.
External links
- St. Andrew Catholic Online.
References
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:44&version=31
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:18;&version=31;
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:42;&version=31;
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:28;&version=31;
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:40;&version=31;
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:41,42;&version=31;
- ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201:17;&version=31;