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People of the Bible

Jonas

Family

Children: Andrew, Simon Peter

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The father of the apostles Peter (John 21:15-17) and Andrew; but the reading should be (also in 1:42), as in the Revised Version, “John,” instead of Jonas.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 4 verses

John: 1:42, 21:15, 21:16, 21:17

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.