40One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
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Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. …
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. …
One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. …
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. …
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-42)We have here the turning over of two disciples from John to Jesus, and one of them fetching in a third, and these are the first-fruits of Christ’s disciples; see how small the church was in its beginnings, and what the dawning of the day of its great things was. I. Andrew and another with him were the two that John Baptist had directed to Christ, John 1:37. Who the other was we are not told; some…
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