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Andrew

Time-period: Jesus - (0-100 e.Kr.)
Born: 5-10 e.Kr.  (3766-3771 AM*) i Bethsaida
Dead: 60-70 e.Kr.  (3821-3831 AM*)
Age: 60 years
Father: Jona
Siblings: Simon


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*Anno Mundi (latin for year and world) is the jewish way of counting time which puts the genesis of the world at year 3761 BC. This year (2026) is represented by year 5786 in Anno Mundi. This is an approximate number.

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Ἀνδρέας (Andreas)
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As he walked along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who [later] was also called Peter, and his brother Andrew, fishing with a cast net in the lake. [This type of circular cast net, with a radius of about six meters, was thrown out from the shore or from a boat. When the net sank, it was pulled together at the bottom and caught the fish.]
These are the names of the twelve apostles:
first Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew, his brother,
[then] James, the son of Zebedee,
and John, his brother,
As he walked along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon [later called Peter, see Mark 3:16] and his brother Andrew standing by the lake and casting their nets, for they were fishermen. The phrase "casting their nets" describes how they were actively casting their nets first on one side and then on the other. Luke's more detailed account also describes how they had been fishing all night without any results, see Luke 5:5. Perhaps they were trying to catch something by fishing along the shore after their unsuccessful night.
[In Capernaum lived Peter, his wife, his mother-in-law, and his brother Andrew, see Matt. 8:14. Jesus also lived here during his active time in Galilee. Peter's wife accompanied him on his later journeys, see 1 Cor. 9:5.]
Jesus immediately left the synagogue and went to Simon and Andrew's house, together with [the brothers] James and John. [According to Jewish custom, the main meal on the Sabbath was eaten at midday, immediately after the service.]
Andrew,
Philip [Greek word meaning "one who loves horses"],
Bartholomew [also called Nathanael],
Matthew,
Thomas [Hebrew word meaning "twin," see John 11:16; 20:24–29],
James, son of Alphaeus,
Thaddaeus [Greek word meaning "one who has a warm heart" or "beloved child". He was also called Jude, son of James; he probably changed his name to avoid being associated with Judas Iscariot],
Simon "the Zealot" (fanatic, zealot, nationalist, Selot) [literally "Simon the Canaanite," the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek term "Zealot," both words meaning "the devoted, zealous, fanatical," may also indicate that he was involved in the Jewish resistance movement against the Roman Empire before becoming a disciple of Jesus],
[Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives, located one and a half kilometers east of Jerusalem. From there, they could see all of Jerusalem and the temple they had just left.]
When Jesus sat down on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately:

Simon, whom he also named Peter,
and his brother Andrew,
and James,
and John,
and Philip,
and Bartholomew [also called Nathanael],
One of the two who had heard what John [the Baptist] said and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
Philip was from (born in) Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him:
Philip came and told Andrew, and they both went together and told Jesus.
[At Jesus' birth, wise men came from the east, and now before his death, "wise" Greeks come from the west. This event suggests once again that even non-Jude, now excluded from the temple, will soon be allowed to worship, see John 10:16. The fact that these Greeks come to Philip in particular may be because he, like Andrew, has a Greek name. The mention of their hometown Bethsaida, see John 1:44, is also a point of contact. The city borders the non-Jewish area Decapolis east of Galilee on the non-Jewish side of the Sea of Galilee. These two disciples were familiar with Greek culture and speaking with Greeks. It seems that Philip and Andrew left the Greeks there and went to Jesus with their question. Jesus may have been inside the wall that separated the Gentiles from the outer parts of the temple area, see Acts 21:28. The text does not answer whether the Greeks personally met Jesus there and then, but we know that at the end of Jesus' answer he says that when he rises, he will draw all people to himself, see John 12:32, i.e. that the gospel is for everyone.]
When they arrived, they went up to the upper room where they used to be (had a habit of gathering):
Peter
and James
and John
and Andrew;
Philip
and Thomas,
Bartholomew [also called Nathanael]
and Matthew;
James, the son of Alphaeus,
and Simon the Zealot
[Zealot literally means "the devoted, zealous, fanatical," and may imply that he was a member of the Jewish resistance movement against the Roman Empire.]
and Judas, the son of James.
[Three groups emerge when the apostles are listed. Peter, Philip, and James are always mentioned as the first names in each group, see Matt. 10:1–4; Mark 3:16–19; Luke 6:13–16. In the original text, all names except Peter, Philip, Bartholomew, and James are preceded by the Greek kai, the word "and". A linguistic detail for grouping.]