He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Andrew was one of the very first followers of Jesus, called shortly after John the Baptist — a Jewish prophet who announced Jesus's arrival — pointed to him as the long-awaited one. The word 'Messiah' is Hebrew and 'Christ' is Greek; both mean 'the Anointed One,' the deliverer that Jewish people had been expecting for centuries based on Old Testament prophecy. The moment Andrew encountered Jesus, his first instinct was not to sit quietly with the discovery — he ran to find his brother Simon, later known as Peter, who would become one of the most central figures in early Christianity. This small, almost offhand act of sharing set Simon's entire life on a new course.
God, give me Andrew's instinct — the kind that moves before fear has a chance to talk me out of it. Help me not wait until I have everything figured out before I point the people I love toward you. Give me the right words at the right moment, and the courage to actually show up. Amen.
Think about the last time you got genuinely exciting news — a job offer, a clean test result, a phone call you'd been waiting months for. What did you do first? You probably reached for your phone. Andrew didn't have a phone. He had legs, and he used them. The verse is almost casual in the way it says "the first thing Andrew did" — as if there was never any question, no deliberation, no wondering whether the moment was right. You don't have to have all the answers before you share what you've found. Andrew hadn't heard a full sermon or watched a single miracle. He just said, "We found him." That's it — faith shared before it was fully formed, before he could answer every objection. There is something quietly revolutionary in that. Who in your life is one honest conversation away from a different story? You don't need a perfect speech. You just need to run.
Why do you think Andrew's first instinct was to find his brother rather than stay longer with Jesus himself — what does that impulse reveal about his character?
Think of something you believe deeply that you rarely talk about. What holds you back from sharing it with the urgency Andrew showed?
Is there a meaningful difference between sharing faith out of genuine excitement versus sharing it out of obligation or duty — and how does Andrew's example challenge the way you think about that?
How does it change a relationship when you bring someone into something that genuinely matters to you — and what happens to that relationship when you keep it to yourself?
Who is one specific person in your life you could approach this week with honesty about what your faith means to you — and what would you actually say to them?
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Isaiah 61:1
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalms 2:2
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:25
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel 9:25
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
John 1:45
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted , to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 4:18
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Matthew 16:20
He first looked for and found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which translated means the Christ).
AMP
He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).
ESV
He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah ' (which translated means Christ).
NASB
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
NIV
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
NKJV
Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ” ).
NLT
The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, "We've found the Messiah" (that is, "Christ").
MSG