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John 1:40

John 1:40
One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

One of the two which heard John speak,.... The above things, concerning Jesus being the Lamb of God:

and followed him; that is, Jesus, as the Syriac and Arabic versions read; and the Persic version,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 1:37-42

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother Before the end of the first century, therefore, it was natural to describe Andrew by his relationship to his far better known brother. In Church History S. Peter is…

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