John 6:8
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
KJV
λέγει αὐτῷ εἷς ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου·
Greek NT
Dicit ei unus ex discipulis ejus, Andreas, frater Simonis Petri :
Vulgate
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
ASV
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
Ἀνδρέας
andreas
noun · 13×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§549By freeing some individuals from the earthly evils of hunger, injustice, illness and death,274 Jesus performed messianic signs. Nevertheless he did not come to abolish all evils here below,275 but to free men from the gravest slavery, sin, which thwarts them in their vocation as God's sons and causes all forms of human bondage.276
Cross-references
- Mark 1:16 — 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.
- Matt 4:18 — 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.
- Matt 10:2 — 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;