What did Andrew do before he was a disciple?

Answer 1

He was a fisherman, as were Thomas, Nathanael, James, John, and possibly Andrew and Philip.

John 21
1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee [that is, James and John] and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

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A.T. Robertson in "Word Pictures in the New Testament" says on John 21:2 that:-

...These seven (Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the sons of Zebedee, and two others). We know that the sons of Zebedee were James and John (Mat_4:21), mentioned by name nowhere in John’s Gospel, apparently because John is the author. We do not know who the “two others of his disciples” were, possibly Andrew and Philip.

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Answer 2

A:

In the synoptic gospels, Peter and Andrew were fishermen before they became disciples of Jesus - he first met them as they looked to their fishing nets.

In John's Gospel, Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, who followed Jesus after John talked about Jesus. The Gospel does not say what Peter did, because Andrew went and fetched Peter and he also followed Jesus. This does not exclude them being fishermen, and they did seem to join the other disciples in fishing later in the Gospel.

Answer 3

Andrew was a fisherman and also a disciple of John the Baptist.

Answer 4

Andrew is the elder brother of Peter the disciple.

Answer 5

Before becoming a disciple, Andrew was a fisherman who worked alongside his brother Simon Peter in the town of Bethsaida.

Answer 6

Luke was a Doctor.