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# Agabus (Acts 11) - Re-appears 15 years later in c AD 58 at the home of Stephen the Evangelist in Caesarea. This time he warns Paul not to continue his journey to Jerusalem where he will be arrested and handed over to the Romans (Acts 21:10) | # Agabus (Acts 11) - Re-appears 15 years later in c AD 58 at the home of Stephen the Evangelist in Caesarea. This time he warns Paul not to continue his journey to Jerusalem where he will be arrested and handed over to the Romans (Acts 21:10) | ||
+ | # Agrippa I, See [https://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN720People.htm#h Herod family] | ||
+ | # Agrippa II, See [https://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN720People.htm#h Herod family] | ||
# [[Andrew]] is the brother of [[Simon Peter]]. He was a fisherman and originally a disciple of John the Baptist. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, claims are that Andrew preached in Achaia (southern Greece) and Scythia (Ukraine and southern Russia - St. Andrew is the patron saint of Russia), and was crucified at Patras in Achaia. A later tradition describes him as being crucified in a spread-eagled position - hence the [http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/saltire/saltire.html St. Andrew's cross of Scotland]. | # [[Andrew]] is the brother of [[Simon Peter]]. He was a fisherman and originally a disciple of John the Baptist. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, claims are that Andrew preached in Achaia (southern Greece) and Scythia (Ukraine and southern Russia - St. Andrew is the patron saint of Russia), and was crucified at Patras in Achaia. A later tradition describes him as being crucified in a spread-eagled position - hence the [http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/saltire/saltire.html St. Andrew's cross of Scotland]. | ||
# [[Bartholomew]] | # [[Bartholomew]] |