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New Testament

Andronicus, along with Junia, was a fellow prisoner with Paul and was noted as outstanding among the apostles.

Andronicus was a Jewish Christian in Rome whom Paul greets in Romans 16:7, describing him as a kinsman (fellow Jew), a fellow prisoner, and as 'outstanding among the apostles'—a phrase that likely means he was prominent within the apostolic circle rather than one of the Twelve. He and his companion Junia (or Junias) were 'in Christ before me,' indicating they were among the earliest converts to Christianity, possibly among those who believed at Pentecost or shortly thereafter. If Junia is a woman—as most modern scholars believe—Andronicus and Junia may have been a husband-and-wife missionary team, one of the earliest in the church's history.