John 6:8

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

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WEBBE

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

BSB

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

KJV

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

ASV

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

BBE

One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,

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The early church

(de Con. Evang. ii. c. xlvi) Andrew's suggestion about the five loaves and two fishes, is given as coming from the disciples in general, in the other Evangelists, and the plural number is used.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Andrew is in the same perplexity that Philip is; only he has rather higher notions of our Lord: There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes. This passage confounds the Manicheans, who say that bread and all such things were created by an evil Deity. The Son of the good God, Jesus Christ, multiplied the loaves. Therefore they could not have been naturally evil; a good God would never have multiplied what was evil.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–14

John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude, for its reference to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had upon the people. Even the common Jews expected the Messiah to come into the world, and to be a great Prophet. The Pharisees despised them as not knowing the law; but they knew most of Him who is the end of the law. Yet men may acknowledge Christ as that Prophet, and still turn a deaf ear to him.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.