Bible Person

Jonas

Male · 4 cross references

This Jonas entry refers to the father of Simon Peter and Andrew, though John's Gospel also preserves the related form John in this tradition. He belongs to the family setting out of which two major apostles emerge. First appears in John 1:42.1

AI summary: This Jonas matters because the cross references preserve him as the remembered father behind Peter and Andrew. He does not act in the narrative, but his name remains attached to key moments where Jesus addresses Simon by family identity. That small detail roots the apostolic story in an ordinary household. Taken together, the material presents this Jonas as the paternal figure behind two foundational apostles.1

Central Figure

Jonas

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.