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Andrew
People's Dictionary of the Bible
or Andrew (ăn'dru), manly. One of the apostles, the brother—whether older or younger is not known—of Simon Peter, with whom it would seem he lived. Mark 1:29. He was of Bethsaida, and became one of the disciples of John the Baptist, at whose word he followed Jesus, and afterwards brought his brother Simon. John 1:40-44. The order in which Andrew is named varies in different places; but generally he stands next after the three chiefs, and is associated with Philip. There are but a few scattered notices of him in the evangelic history. Mark 13:3; John 6:8-9; John 12:22. After the resurrection he is enumerated with the rest of the eleven (Acts 1:13); and then we hear no more of mm. Tradition has been busy with his later history; and he is said to have been crucified at Patræ in Achaia, on a cross formed like the letter X, which has hence been called "St. Andrew's Cross."
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Andrew'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/a/andrew.html. 1893.
