ANDREW (' Araplas), one of the twelve apostles. His name is of Greek origin, but was in use amongst the Jews, as appears from a passage quoted from the Jerusalem Talmud by Lightfoot (Harmony, Luke v. so). He was a native of the city of Bethsaida in Galilee, and brother of Simon Peter. He was at first a disciple of John the Baptist, and was led to receive Jesus as the Messiah in consequence of John's expressly pointing him out as `the Lamb of God' (John i. 36). His first care, after he had satisfied himself as to the validity of the claims of Jesus, was to bring to him his brother Simon. Neither of them, however, be came at that time a stated attendant on our Lord; for we find that they were still pursuing their occu pation of fishermen on the sea of Galilee when Jesus, after John's imprisonment, called them to follow him (Mark i. 14, IS). Very little is related of Andrew by any of the evangelists : the principal incidents in which his name occurs during the life of Christ are, the feeding of the five thousand (John vi. 8); his introducing to our Lord certain Greeks who desired to see him (John xii. 22) ; and his asking, along with his brother Simon and the two sons of Zebedee, far a further explanation of what our Lord had said in reference to the destruc tion of the temple (Mark xiii. 3). Of his subse
quent history and labours we have no authentic record. Tradition assigns Scythia (Euseb. iii. t), Greece (Theodoret, i. 1425), and Thrace (Niceph. ii. 39) as the scenes of his ministry : he is said to have suffered crucifixion at Patrm in Achaia, on a cross of the form called Crux decussata (x), and commonly known as ' St. Andrew's cross' (Winer's Bibl. Realworterbuch, sub vote). His relics, it is said, were afterwards removed from Patrae to Con stantinople. An apocryphal book, bearing the title of ' The Acts of Andrew,' is mentioned by Eusebius, Epiphanius, and others. It is now completely lost, and seems never to have been received except by some heretical sects, as the Encratites, Origenians, etc. This book, as well as a 'Gospel of St. Andrew,' was declared apocry phal by the decree of Pope Gelasius (Jones, On the Canon, vol. i. p. 179 and sqq). [ACTS,